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Originally Posted by aklim
I don't think it is the people getting wealthy or what. I'm sure they would rather a nice neat solution and make steady profits as opposed to people screaming and yelling whenever they make a few spikes. I don't think the fact that they made 10 bil in a quarter (basically 10% profit to be truthful) would be even a blip on the radar if our oil prices were lower.
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Unfortunately, this is a big part of it. A very interesting read on this subject is Robert Baer's "See No Evil". Baer spent over 20 years with the CIA as an operative, and spent the lion's share of his time in the Middle East and Central Asia. He makes a very persuasive argument.