In semi-regular tin foil hat threads, I'm often asked who are "they" and what are their motivations. The reality is that geopolitical motives aren't about about people, they are about systems and protection of those systems by all those that are invested in them. For a good understanding about some of those systems and motives please take the time to read this great article that really pulls all the pieces together, at least in economic terms. For those of you who are interested about how the Fed, oil, the middle east and U.S foreign policy are all interconnected, you will learn a lot from this article.
http://oilprice.com/Finance/the-Economy ... rency.html
In 1971, the American President put an end to a 2,500 year trend; the Wall Street Journal called it “Nixon’s Worst Weekend.” Considering the old boy had some really bad ones, this must have been something special. In August of that year (on Friday the 13th) it was decided that the U.S. would no longer pay out gold for its paper dollars. OPEC Ministers took note, and in September they met, deciding it would be necessary to collect more paper dollars, if possible, since gold was no longer on offer and oil was the only asset they had to sell.