This all just seems a little too convenient for me. Usually when a big news story like this is receiving all of the attention, I’m wondering 1) What else in the news are we distracted from right now? and 2) What’s the real story?
Here, I will give you a little synopsis of the news stories I was researching while everyone was having their parade for Osama’s death.
- September 11, 2001 – Osama bin Laden responsible for WTC bombings
- 2001 – U.S. invades Afghanistan and starts looking for Osama bin Laden
- 2002 – U.S. oil company Unocal starts plans on the Afghanistan oil and gas pipeline (which, by the way, sends oil to Asia and not the U.S., and only helps this oil company make a lot of money)
- 2003 – U.S. invades Iraq (Saddam Hussein’s supposed ties to Osama Bin Laden were later found to be unsupported)
- 2005 – Iraqi constitution written with guarantees for foreign oil companies (U.S. threatens to withdraw military support if this clause is not included)
- 2010 – BP awarded 500 million dollars in oil contracts in Iraq
- January, 2011 – Obama promises to begin troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July
- March, 2011 – U.S. invades Libya, with the largest oil reserves in Africa, without a congressional vote or an exit strategy
- May, 2011 – Osama Bin Laden is finally found and killed after 10 years WHILE the U.S. accidentally kills civilians in Libya and Omar Gadhafi’s supporters attack the U.S. embassy in Libya
- 2014 – Proposed final troop withdrawal date AND proposed completion date for Afghan oil pipeline
You can draw your own conclusions, but these are the facts in the larger picture. Please check out @noellepicara for links to my sources.
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