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I don't agree that war in Iraq is inevitable, but the writer accurately
describes our addiction to oil.

Tom Mathews
Seirra Club, Iowa Chapter
Transportation Issue Chair
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__Car Wars

 Ian Roberts writes, "War in Iraq is inevitable. That there would be war was
 decided by North American planners in the mid-1920s. That it would be in
Iraq was decided much more recently. The architects of this war were not
military planners but town planners. War is inevitable not because of weapons
of mass destruction, as claimed by the political right, nor because of
western imperialism, as claimed by the left. The cause of this war, and
probably the one that will follow, is car dependence. The US has paved itself
into a corner. Its physical and economic infrastructure is so highly car
dependent that the US is pathologically addicted to oil. Without billions of
barrels of precious black sludge being pumped into the veins of its economy
every year, the nation would experience painful and damaging withdrawal...
Those who oppose war in Iraq must work together to prevent the conflicts that
will follow if we fail to tackle car dependency."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4586147,00.htm

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