One of the main reasons that we are on the brink of the greatest global catastrophe ever known to the present civilization is because people do not have a clear picture of what is happening in the world. To remedy this situation, the following maps are being presented to help in the visualization of what the United States of America is proposing - World War III.
The following is a Map of World Conflicts published in 2005.
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Bellow is a map of the most populace Muslim Countries in the World. The correlation between this and the above map is more than just coincidence.
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Many believe that the escalation of war in the last few years is associated with the need to control the worlds dwindling oil resources. Many more believe that these wars are not just about the control of the oil, but the currency in which oil is traded (the Petrodollar). Even Alan Greenspan has confirmed that the Iraq war was really about oil. The following is a map of the worlds oil producing countries. When viewing this map keep in mind that OPEC countries supply 40% of the worlds oil requirements (29% of which comes from the Middle East), and that many of these countries have indicated that they wish to stop using the US dollar in their oil trade. Iran has even gone as far as trying to open an Oil Bourse that will be “based on a euro-oil-trading mechanism that naturally implies payment for oil in Euro.” (Update April 30, 2008: Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades - "Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars." Also see The Implications of the opening of Iran’s Oil Bourse: The Final Nail in the Coffin for the American Empire).
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Below is a map showing the major oil trade movements in millions of tonnes. An excellent interactive map which shows the top 10 oil producers and consumers along with oil movements across the world is also available at “Oil: Key Players and Movements ”.
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The United States government has denied that the wars in the Middle East and the ensuing occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq are related to oil. This denial continues even now, while the Bush administration is taking an aggressive stance towards Iran. The rhetoric from the US government as to the reasons why it has been forced to confront Iran have changed multiple times during the last few years, none of which have been related to oil. The following two maps show the location of US military bases in the Middle East, and existing and proposed oil and gas pipelines.
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What has been happening is the last few years is the demonization of the Muslim world through war propaganda which “glorifies military indoctrination as the highest form of patriotism.” This was the tactic used after 911 in the buildup to the war with Afghanistan, as well as the invasion of Iraq. Fortunately for all of us, this tactic has, up to this point, failed to work with Iran. However that has not stopped the US government from applying pressure and trying all means necessary to weaken Iran before the proposed strike.
The above maps clearly indicate what the US administration plans to do. They have been delayed for multiple reasons, but their agenda is clear. Iran is considered a threat to the American Empire and must be dealt with, irrelevant of the consequences, or so the neoconservatives would like us to believe.
What will happen if American citizens allow their government to continue to threaten sovereign countries in an attempt to control the worlds oil resources? The following two maps show what the Middle East as we know it looks like, and how the Middle East may look like if the United States succeeds in maintaining control.
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Unfortunately for the world however, such an endeavor as redrawing the borders of so many countries would be nothing less then World War III. A conservative estimate of how many people would die in this global war can be obtained by assuming that the same percentage of people that died in World War II would also die in World War III.
In the 1940’s the world population was approximately 2.3 billion. World War II resulted in 72 million deaths (42 million of which were civilian casualties). This means that approximately 3.1% of the worlds population was killed.
At present, the world population is approximately 6.6 billion. If we assume that the same percentage of people will die during this world war as the last, it would mean that over 200 million people will be dead in the next few years. This is a conservative estimate since nuclear weapons were introduced at the end of World War II, while they are being proposed at the beginning of World War III. The number of wounded will be well over 1 billion if we assume a kill to wounded ratio of 5 to 1.
Isn’t it about time that we told our leaders that war is no longer an option and that we will not kill or die for them? After all, it is not their children who fight and die in these wars.
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