Just back from a public meeting arranged by the Tavistock Peace Action Group (a small but perfectly formed group of ordinary people concerned about peace). The speaker was Greg Muttit and his topic (and also the title of his recent book) was 'Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq'. An excellent speaker and a fascinating, but disturbing, story he had to tell.
He dealt with the way the West, predominantly the UK and the USA, manipulated the war in Iraq, and the subsequent 'peace', to make sure that 'we' controlled the oil. Despite, of course, what Blair said at the time - didn't he claim that the "conspiracy theory of us going into Iraq for the oil was nonsensical"? And it's still going on as we continue to double deal to ensure that we get the prize. The parallels with what is going on in Libya are unsettling.
Putting the subject matter to one side, what really gets to me is the fact that this is being done in my name! I wonder if private and public state morality will ever coincide? Does realpolitik always mean that immoral acts are acceptable?
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