Oil Or Weapons: Which Came First?

David Swanson writes about klepetromilitatorship, a clever new word that incorporates theft, oil, weapons, and dictatorship.  The photo shows FDR and King Ibn Saud striking a deal about oil and an American base in Saudi Arabia in 1945.  Is this the start of the new American Empire?

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