Is the “war on terror” declared by the Bush administration just a cynical and immoral subterfuge for securing needed Mideast oil, as leftists and anti-war activists claim?
Or is America’s ongoing military response to the horrendous attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, not only justified, but motivated totally by compelling national security concerns with no admixture of any other agenda, as administration cheerleaders claim?
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Or, does the truth lie somewhere in between? And if so, exactly where?
A new book published by WND Books makes the unsettling case that the Bush administration, though engaged in an unavoidable and moral war on terror, also tried simultaneously to secure future energy production in the terrorists’ home turf and ended up compromising America’s national security interests.
According to Paul Sperry, WorldNetDaily’s Washington bureau chief and author of “Crude Politics: How Bush’s Oil Cronies Hijacked the War on Terrorism,” while the United States was still reeling from the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, Bush administration diplomats were resuming talks with Pakistani officials over proposed gas and oil pipelines in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ultimately, the U.S. seized the opportunity of the war-on-terror as a reason to oust the Taliban – the major obstacle blocking plans for the precious pipelines linking Caspian reserves to hot Asian markets. Indeed, the book documents how the Bush administration tailored the war on terrorism around oil interests in the Caspian region, and to a lesser extent, in Iraq.
With journalistic integrity and painstaking research, Sperry, a veteran Washington reporter, enlightens readers on:
- How commercial gain within the current oil-friendly administration has undermined America’s war on terror
- How our safety has been jeopardized because of an overriding effort to charge ahead with a new “Silk Road” through Afghanistan and Pakistan, making the capture of Osama bin Laden a secondary concern
- The nature of war and the politics behind the major decisions being made in the current administration, including those regarding Iraq and other “axis of evil” countries
- Bush’s behind-the-scenes operator for regime change in both Afghanistan and Iraq – former energy consultant Zal Khalilzad.
The latest release for WND Books, “Crude Politics” will be available for shipping the second week of August. You can be one of the first to get a copy of the book now by pre-ordering it from the source – WorldNetDaily. Reserve your copy today for only $5 (toward cost of book) and be eligible for a free, no-risk, three-month, trial subscription to Whistleblower magazine – a $22.50 value.
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