Dante Popple

August 1, 2011

Libyan War Not About Oil—Unless It Should Be

That Libya has oil is not lost on the media; network newscasts occasionally mentioned oil in the context of the war. But it often came up as as by-product of some consumer concern: “Oil and gas prices are on the rise this morning. Military action in Libya pushed crude prices up more than $2 today […]

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