Sorry to come out all anti-war and shit, but this is ridiculous. There is a vicious civil war in the Ivory Coast right now. Shouldn’t we, as the world police, bomb the fuck out of them, in order to secure cocoa reserves?
Answer: NO
So, Obama got elected by pissing on Bush’s foreign policy decisions, decrying the war in Iraq. He campaigned on the promise of bringing peace and avoiding foreign conflicts, yet here we are “protecting the people of Libya.” Hmmm, that’s interesting.
What’s even more interesting is France’s overzealous demeanor to interfere in Libya’s private affairs. I mean, after all, did we interfere in the countless genocides taking place in Darfur?
Let’s take a peak at Libya’s oil reserves, shall we?
According to the EIA, Libya has 46.4 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, of the light sweet variety. Oil experts consider Libyan oil to be of the highest fidelity.
Twenty Eight percent of Libyan oil exports go to Italy, while 15% to France, the two largest markets for Libyan madman, Ghaddafi.
In my opinion, this will lend to strength in Brent crude and widen refining margins even further. The asshat analyst from Barclay’s who said refiners would trade lower, as the spread between Brent and WTI crude tightened will be wrong, immediately. Moreover, I don’t see how the allied forces will be able to oust Ghaddafi, without the presence of ground troops. In short, this will drag on for awhile and will boost the price of crude.
It’s fucking shameful that we are spending millions of dollars on a conflict that is none of our business, especially at a time when we need to be fiscally conservative. Remember, we are not really protecting “civilians,” but rebels armed to the teeth, capable of knocking out Libyan fighter jets from the sky.
NOTE: We fired 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles so far, at $569,000 per missile. Let’s see, 569k x 110= Long RTN. Obama just created a handful of jobs for Raytheon. Well done, Sir.
Fuck Obama.
NOTE: We have a new iBC Financial News page web design.
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