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Many have sought to explain Britain's hyper agressiveness in terms of Tony Blair playing poodle to George Bush. But, it seems that there is more to it. Britain is one of the world's largest consumers of natural gas. Now, the weak little country can no longer produce enough natural gas of its own, and we all know that the British hate to pay for anything if they can rob another country to get it.
Note that where Africa, especially Nigeria, and Iraq are concerened, Britain expresses no similar concerns to those it has about gas imports from Russia and some European countries. The resources in Africa and conquered parts of the Middle East are taken for granted, thanks to the master-slave "Commonwealth" arrangement, and the predictable eagerness of Britain to push America into war in the Middle East.
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And thanks to the "shofisticated diplomacy" of olusegun obasanjo and his Yoruba tribesmen, who, in their house slave mentality, so love everything Yandon they're eager to sign away Biafran oil to little spent force britain. Imagine Odumegwu Ojukwu in charge of BiafraNigeria; little britain will be make to pay commonwealth or no commomwealth.
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It is the responsibility of states to ensure that their fundamental national interests are not adversely affected by events in other countries. Thus, a famine in Ethiopia or civil strife in BiafraNigeria should not affect life in Britain or the US. In the case of Africa, the countries of the so-called developed world protect their interests by installing illiterate, semi-illiterate, or otherwise brainless leaders such as Obasanjo to rule. In that way, the African leaders are dependent on their developed world counterparts for every undertaking that requires a leader to think in a strategic manner.
For the semi-illiterate buffoons such as Obasanjo that do emerge to lead an African country, the only goal is to be seen taking pictures with leaders of the developed world or for the leaders of the developed world to be noted praising the aimless leader from Africa. It would not be unusual to read president Clinton praising a man like Obasanjo as "a leader with great vision and love for his country," if that is what it takes to get Obasanjo to sign over that crucial oil block to Chevron, USA.
For a particular group of developed nations, especially the duo of Britain and the US, the problem becomes a little more complicated when the interest to be protected is located not in Africa, but in a region of the world where there is the potential for a country in that region to emerge as a regional power. That is where US military might must be meshed with British experience as the foremost rogue nation in the world. I use the word "rogue" very literally. After all, Britain is the only country today that has experience carting away resources from almost all the other countries of the world without paying for those resources. From having colonized almost every country on earth, Britain knows exactly the value and location of the natural resources of almost every country. Uniquely, Britain is also the country that has commanded most of the world's resources only for those resources to be snatched away upon the political independence of those countries. Thus, Britain has a desire, unlike that of any other country, to regain what it lost.
When a country such as Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, emerges as a regional power that could potentially threaten British interests in the Persian Gulf Region, it is time for Britain to dial 911; I mean dial Washington. It is to the eternal credit of the British that Americans always manage to inherit all of Britain's enemies, but never the other way round. A careful study of US-Iraqi relations in the Saddam Hussein years will verify that conclusion.
It is not unheard of for weak nations, such as Britain, to forment conflict with a regional power, such as Iraq, in the hope that a military superpower, e.g. the US, would join the conflict on the formentor's side. The trouble is that one of these days, the regional power so imperiled would know to aim its canons not at the superpower, but at the weakling that formented the conflict. All that would be needed to humiliate washed out countries like Britain is just the right kind of enemy, and for the US to be unable to come to the aid of its weak ally in a timely fashion.
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Here is yet another confirmation that Obasanjo is an errand boy for his white masters and he will always do as they ask:
quote:Oil Price Is Too High - Obasanjo By Mike Oduniyi with Agency report
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President Olusegun Oba-sanjo yesterday in Lon-don called on the Organi-sation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to raise production, so as to bring down oil prices.
Crude prices have been on the surge in recent times, hitting a new 10-month high of $36.20 per barrel in the international market on Thursday.
Obasanjo said OPEC should observe its informal agreement that calls for raising oil output if prices surpass $28 a barrel.
"We have a standing rule...If it's (oil prices) above $28, OPEC will have to meet to pump out more oil to bring the price down,'' the President said at a news conference to round up his visit to the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
OPEC has an accord to consider raising supplies by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) when the price of its oil index exceeds $28 for 20 consecutive days. Since introducing the accord in March 2000, the organisation has used it to increase output quotas only once, which was in October of that year.
OPEC currently maintains a production ceiling of 24.5 million barrels per day (bpd), which it agreed to since last September to stabilise prices.
But following the upswing in prices of oil, consumer nations led by the United States have criticised OPEC for not taking actions to moderate prices. Traders said that by yesterday, OPEC's basket of seven crudes had averaged well above $28 per barrel for 35 days.
Analysts said pumping more output by OPEC, will help serve Nigeria's interest on two fronts. First, it will help accommodate the country's increasing crude production capacity, which stood at around 2.8 million bpd, compared to its current OPEC official quota of 2.018 million bpd.
Officials added that higher crude prices and the consequent sharp increase in fuel prices in the international market has also hurt Nigeria, which is into huge importation of petroleum products to meet domestic demands.
Oil marketers have been unable to bring in enough cargoes of products due to the high cost.
Nigeria, OPEC's sixth-largest oil producer, pumped 2.26 million bpd last December according to industry survey, after lowering output to 2.18 million bpd in the previous month.
OPEC meets early next month in Algeria to review the market situation and its production ceiling.
However, there were indications that the organisation, which controls more than 40 percent of global output, may retain its current output levels.
Oil cartel, OPEC said, on Wednesday that global oil stocks were more comfortably supplied than current high prices suggest, and that it would need to tackle a surplus looming in the second quarter.
OPEC forecast demand for its oil at 24.72 million barrels per day in the second quarter, some three million bpd below its December production of 27.735 million bpd, the cartel's secretariat said in its monthly oil market report.
A report released on Wedn-esday by OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, said global oil stocks were more comfortably supplied than current high prices suggest, and that it would need to tackle a surplus looming in the second quarter.
OPEC forecast demand for its oil at 24.72 million barrels per day in the second quarter, some three million bpd below its December production of 27.735 million bpd, the cartel's Secretariat said in its monthly oil market report.
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For those who have long known this man as a subversive and agent of foreign interests, it is not a surprise when he's heard speaking for the energy secretary of foreign rich nations, and reserves better deals for Andrew Young and other foreign business interests in BiafraNigeria than BiafraNigerians get. After all, he must first serve the interests of those who put and maintain him in office in 1976 and now.
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