what are the military impacts of OPEC?
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OPEC or OPSEC?  we care about the latter.
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Try Reading the END OF OIL by Paul Roberts.\nIt'll run out a darn-sight sooner than we thought!\nOIL companies have/did lie about the amount of oil they have left.\nThe oil that is being pumped now has 2 go thru more refining than ever B4 & is down 2 the amount of Sea water they pump in 2 the fields.\nEverytime a alternative 2 oil is investigated the Oil companies surpress the data.  They R not going 2 give up on oil until every last drop has been extracted & no-one can predict exactly what affect this will have on the Planet. I'm sure that any warnings would proberly supressed by the oil companies 2.
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OPEC was created to control the price of oil for the benefit of the main countries the produce it (Venezuela and many middle eastern countries). Before it existed, the oil industry was controlled by western interests the got low prices for the west. with OPEC, prices went up and profits for the people of the country increased. OPEC works by deciding quotas for production of oil. with less oil pumped from the ground, the price can go up.
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Greed mostly.  The actual physical factors that drive it are production supplies and output demand but these could be leveled off and maintained for the most part so fluctuations come from CEOs of exxon and similar gas refinery companies or Leaders in OPEC messing with prices just to jack up the price to make more profits
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For a definition, read the news about Afghanistan and Iraq from sources like:  http://www.alternet.org/ and http://buzzflash.com/\n\nThe US occupation of these two countries is a textbook example of an occupying military and the consequences.
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opec and saudi arabia probably couldn't exist with out the u s
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First shock in the early 1970's was caused by an oil embargo by the Arab members  of OPEC. The second shock in the late 1970's was caused by an Iranian oil embargo to the U.S.\n\nThis oil shock is being caused by excessive world wide demand expecially from developing nations as India and China.
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I think it will be like Vietnam where the US won militarily in terms of the number of enemy troops/insurgents that were killed(US lost 58,000 soldiers, Viet Cong lost over 1.5 million) but did not acheive its goal to stop the communist takeover of Vietnam. The US will no doubt kill dozens of insurgents for every soldier it loses in Iraq but public opinion in the States will eventually lead to troop withdrawal and the insurgents may overthrow the undefended and overwhelmed democratic government and install a theocracy like Iran
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By now i think every one is as riled up for their own cause as it gets,  some of us are tired of the same old attack adds as we see very little real differences in those running since they all authorise attack and mudd slinging, its like chose the lesser of two evils. I made my decisions a couple of months ago on all the issues. While gas prices may influence some only history will tell if it was connected to the elections or not. I think OPEC looks for excuses to exploit us, anyway.
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Oil! They are now drilling for it in the plains of Asher! It several miles deep. And may take a year to reach.   My question is will this relieve the pressure from the Saudi wells? If so all hell will break loose over there!
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Prior to the first gulf war, after Iraq's war with Iran. Iraq was in massive debt and was looking to oil revenues to pay it off, Kuwait was over producing oil (exceeding OPEC quotas) and an excessive supply of oil in the market made the price fall
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A war could just as easily lower gas prices.  It would depend on how other countries reacted, and how the attack went.\n\nI am no supporting an attack...it is a complicated issue.  But what would likely happen is instead of taking over the entire country, they would make strategic strikes.  Nuclear facilities.  Possibly the government.\n\nIt would tactically be a lot more like the first gulf war.  If Iran agreed to war terms and the results was stability, oil would drop like a rock.\n\nUncertainty guides the markets.  Fear of war drives prices up higher than the war itself.
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OPEC is important because its member states account for enough crude oil production that they can influence prices.  They certainly do not control prices to the extent that they did back in the 1970s, but they are nonetheless very powerful.  I've provided a link for you
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In order:\n\n1. India- developing economy, huge cheap labor force\n2. Brazil- can derive energy from sugar\n3. Israel- US Proxy State\n4. Iran- More tech than the world gives them credit for, will be a force to be reckoned with if they don't attempt to bring down the U.S. dollar and prompt an invasion.\n5. Venezuela- Regional power with popular renegade political leadership and large petrolium reserves.\n6. Saudi Arabia- Sheer amount of oil.  The royal family is capitalizing on that and are beginning to see the benefit of letting thier countrymen prosper as well.\n7. Pakistan- Musharraf will be overthrown by extremist elements and the new government will be supported by China and be irremovable by the U.S.  Pakistan will likely become the center of the radical muslim world.  The U.S. cannot keep Musharaf in power for long, and the ISI won't be that effective against a popular uprising.\n\n_____________________________________________________
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Haliburtons and Carlyes concerns with the oil fields, and the pipeline to the Indian Ocean. America has been funding the rebuilding of the oil fields and the pipeline, while our soilders are loosing their lives daily. What a price for such a few to profit over the deaths of hundreds of thousands.
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money from the resources,Iraq has oil(duhhh).  Afghanistan has opium fields(opium is used to make heroin) that the CIA wanted back after the Taliban stabbed them in the back and burned them.\n\nIran has oil.
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Yes. Consider "oil supply" or "Oil reserves" if appropriate.\n\ncc