Friend and frequent commenter on these pages, Don Larson, recently introduced me to Robert Newman’s “History of Oil”. This video is 45 minutes of stand up comedy on the serious topic of oil in international politics and war. In this video, released in April 2006, Mr. Newman talks about history from the last 100 years or so culminating in why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003.
I hope you enjoy it.
Comment by dwlarson
April 22, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
One of the things I can consider is that by the end of this century, oil will drive other powerful nations to exploit oil nations, but perhaps in different ways.
China for instance pays for oil rights in countries were they also help fund wars against the populace. This seems to escape notice by some.
Maybe in one hundred years there will be comedians writing stuff that explains how China helped kill millions of people through proxy wars in its quest to have oil. I won’t live to see it, but that seems plausible to me.
Don
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