If the Second Iraq War was, in fact, about oil, then one thing is clear: we’ve lost. In 1991, America won its first oil war in the Persian Gulf.
Read moreIf there’s one word that explains why Enron Corp. failed and why former executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, convicted in Houston last month, are facing long stints in prison jumpsuits, it’s this: hubris.
Read moreAs an energy outfit, it’s bigger than Unocal, Murphy Oil, or Anadarko Petroleum. Over the past six years or so, its budget has nearly quadrupled.
Read moreIt’s 1,000 pages of rage. One thousand and thirty eight pages, to be exact. And Robert Fisk, one of the best, most courageous Westerners who writes about the ongoing military conflicts in the Middle East, justifies that rage on every page of his magnum opus, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East.
Read moreJeff Skilling had a vision for Enron. In February of 2001, he told the company’s employees that Enron, would, within five years, “be the leading company in the world.
Read moreNearly a century ago, while serving as a British liaison officer to the Arab tribes during World War I, T. E. Lawrence developed many of the techniques of modern insurgent warfare.
Read moreDuring his State of the Union address, George W. Bush assured us that, with his leadership, we are going to “make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.”
Read moreWe know that the Bush administration was flat wrong about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. And now, nearly three years after the beginning of the war, it’s also clear that top Bush officials were just as delusional about Iraq’s energy business and how critical the energy sector would be to achieving security and stability in Iraq. Continuing failure with this vital part of the reconstruction is costing the United States — and the Iraqi people — very dearly.
Read moreNo discussion of cronyism in the Bush administration would be complete without talking about PFIAB, short for the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
Read moreHubris put George W. Bush in the White House. That same hubris is bringing him down. And while seeing Bush get his comeuppance may bring some glee to his foes, that hubris is leaving America leaderless, rudderless, politically isolated, economically paralyzed, and militarily decimated.
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