[Editorial Note:  The writer, Ian Solley, auditing our site from his home in Great Britain, is both a medical and political scholar and author of an informative (on-line) book on the causes of (principally environmental ) and treatments (other than main-stream medical) for allergies and other  maladies of the human  immune system. His book is available on line athttp://www.thiscureworks.com/allergies/readmystory.html.
In this, Ian’s first (hopefully of many) contributions to our collective cogitations on our neo-con administration’s internationally-ridiculed errant foreign policy, the writer (who also writes screenplays and is presently pursuing a Hollywood connection) responds to Dusty Schoch’s article (on this site) cited in his opening paragraph.]  Whereas Dusty urges that the world’s clerics may hold the strongest cards in the “terrorism war” game, Solley believes our salvation may lie at the source of the beast of war….big business. Read and decide for yourself.  It may well be that they’re both right.]

…I read your “Onion of War: Peeling it to the Core and Declaring Peace”, which is well written and littered with extensive knowledge. I believe that the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the British mandate over Palestine were the root of the present day problem more so than biblical land rights. Western empire building has been the greatest modern day destabilizing force (just look at Africa…).

I read that the formation of Israel apart from it being a No Vote in the League Of Nations–now U.N.–was actually backed by the US president – was it Truman? – in an attempt to secured the Jewish vote and swing his campaign – which worked. The matter was brought to his attention by either a Washington or New York based lawyer. Every other member state rejected the formation of the Israeli state. The massacre at Jaffa I though was the seed of the current animosities? (Democratswrite.com readers, decide for yourself. A good reference article can be found at http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0494/9404075.htm )

Having read Chomsky – Hegemony Or Survival, it is hard not to put the current war on terror and actions of developed nations on anything other than the economic (oil) imperialism. I also know that the guys (Woodward?) who broke Watergate also wrote an article in 2002 about what would happen in the Middle East that has been very accurate in predicting what was going to happen.

In the Bush/Blaire “War on Terrorism” the  aim of American neo-cons was to remove the reliance on Saudi oil (Saudi investments account for 6% of the Dow J.) in an effort to democratize S.A. and the Middle East.  More importantly, Iraq represents the second largest oil reserve. All political actions is  dominated by the desire of economic (oil) security.

American presence in these Muslim territories and the eternal shame that we should all feel at our blatant disregard for other cultures beliefs, religious or otherwise are the reason we live in an era of increasing terrorism. This imbalance of power has a direct cause and effect. The USA and Israel have found themselves to be in a very small minority when you look at the number of “no” votes on, say, resolutions for the “Road Map for Peace.”

According to Chomsky,  America has been involved in more acts of International terrorism than any other country. I don’t believe Politicians hold the key. I believe multinationals and financiers do. The closed bidding, “auction” for contracts in Iraq by companies like Halliburton is a case in point.

As commodities become increasingly scarce–and I would logically imagine water will be one of them in the future–there is unfortunately the likelihood of more international tension not less. Very depressing unless there is a conscious shift in thinking by each individual and his effects and actions upon the planet’s resources – whether Ozone depletion or oil rights etc.

EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE:   As a “thank-you” to Ian for his seminal contribution to our site, I’ll addend this article with a little plug for his book (which I have obtained and recommend heartily to you, for salutary reasons):  It is entitled “Allergies Explained and Cured” and is described in Solley’s own words (on his below-cited website) :
“As the creator of this web site I struggled with Allergies and Lethargy for 15 years after first becoming ill on holiday abroad. Nothing worked, I went for blood tests, parasite tests, allergy screens, colonoscopies, – nothing showed up. I tried everything, diets, candida cures, chinese herbs, vitamins, homeopathy, acupuncture. Only when I found out the root causes of what was causing all my problems and tackled them did my Allergies stop and my health return.” Ian Solley, Founder This Cure Works, Hertfordshire, England.”
http://www.thiscureworks.com/allergies/readmystory.html