ISIS, Oil Or Slaughter Of Christians?

There's an awful lot of hyperbole over ISIS slaughtering innocent people and what kind of threat they pose to the world. Before we get our panties in a knot, let's take a look at a few facts.

'Fox News' reported back in January, "2,123 Christians killed last year due to their faith, compared to 1,201 in 2012. More than half of those reported killings (1,213) occurred in Syria, followed by Nigeria (612) and Pakistan (88)."

This number may seem alarming but it's only a drop in the bucket. Wikipedia-- "According to Pope Benedict XVI, Christians are the most persecuted group in the contemporary world. The Holy See has reported that over 100,000 Christians are violently killed annually because of some relation to their faith from 1989 to present." That may seem much higher a number then FOX reported because the Vatican says most of the deaths occurred in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and some other African nations. Nations that the U.S. could give a hoot about when it comes to Christians getting slaughtered.

That same link in Wikipedia list the top ten offenders. I will list some of them along with their position regarding oil exports.#1 North Korea (ranked 110th in oil production)
#2 Somalia (ranked 111th in oil production)
#3 Syria (ranked 32nd in oil production)
#4 Iraq (ranked 7th in oil production)
#6 Saudi Arabia (ranked 2nd in oil production)
#9 Iran (ranked 4th in oil production)To name a few. Oddly Wikipedia doesn't even mention Nigeria ranked 13th in oil production. Even though Boko Haram has slaughtered thousands since 9/11.


A Pattern Emerges
We tend to tone down the rhetoric on other nations when two things occur in those that aggrieve people of the Christian faith. (1) When those nations don't place high on the list of nations exporting oil. (2) As long as they are our oil partners we tend to overlook their transgressions.

Before I ask you a question, here are the top oil producing nations along with how they stand with United States Foreign Policies towards them. (F=Favorable) (U=Unfavorable)
1 Russia (U)
2 Saudi Arabia (F)
3 United States --
4 Iran (U)
5 China (F)
6 Canada (F)
7 Iraq Under ISIS (U)
8 United Arab Emirates (F)
9 Venezuela (U)
10 Mexico (F)
11 Kuwait (F)
12 Brazil (F)
13 Nigeria (F)
14 Norway (F)
15 Algeria (F)


Notice which ones we have either imposed sanctions or are actively engaged with militarily?

Generally speaking nations having poor human rights records and having oil they are willing to sell directly to the United States doesn't seem to be of concern when it comes to our relations with them.

I'm sure plenty of people will argue we shouldn't be sticking our nose in their affairs anyway. Others may insist we only stick our necks out when it's in our best interests to do so.

Here's The Point I'm Trying To Make..
Stop shoveling this kind of crap that somehow it's all about helping people in other countries or that we are somehow threatened if we don't. Don't go around spending our taxpayer dollars, the lives of our soldiers and pretend what we are doing is based on some noble cause if it were not for oil involved in all of this somehow. I have no problem helping suffering people throughout the world if that's what we decide to do. BUT.. it shouldn't be for those only who have fossil fuels in their backyards.

There's no justification for deceiving the American people, others throughout the world and the American soldier that he/she should die if what they were told was fabrication.

MSNBC: "Why We Did It"



How many people have to die and suffer before we wise up
It's no secret I've always maintained a very strong position when it comes to "alternative energy". This horrible gunk not only pollutes our air, but can never create energy independence the same way the sun and wind can. The sun shines and the winds blow everywhere. Not just in some nations but everywhere. Nobody has to conquer nor kill for them.