09/11/2001 started on 05/26/1908

The Oil Story 5: Behind The Anglo Persian

Nobody in the media ever asked why it happened. All of the academic scholars who raised the issue of why it happened were vilified and punished. But you must look beyond only one degree of cause-and-effect. You must learn to think about the long-term consequences of actions, because they don't teach you theses kinds of critical thinking skills in school for a very bad reason.

• MAY 26, 1908: MIDEAST OIL DISCOVERED — THERE WILL BE BLOOD 
• Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914–1958 
• Blowback: British Imperialism in the Middle East 
• Wikipedia: Robber baron (industrialist) 

• The 9-11-01 Comics And Cartoons