Global Economic Hegemony: A New Kind of Warfare?
By Kaleem Hussain
In the year 2000, Iraq had decided that it was no longer going to accept dollars for oil being sold under the UN’s Oil For-Food Program and decided to switch to the Euro as Iraq’s oil export currency. The result was a military strike by the U.S. and it’s allies and subsequently in ample time the dollar was restored as Iraq’s oil export currency.
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If the US dollar can't be backed by goods, services or a gold standard, then it must be backed by force. 
Maybe we should trade bullets instead of bill and coins.
Maybe we should trade bullets instead of bill and coins.
QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Mar 15 2006, 10:34 PM)
Everyone on CGCS should read this.
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