Sam Richards is listed by neo-con hate-monger convert David Horowitz as one of the “101 most dangerous academics in America.” It follows, Sam Richards must be a pretty smart and good guy.
This is a 2010 Sam Richards (18 minute) video about oil and putting yourself in the shoes of an insurgent in Iraq. Today, it could be applicable to natural gas and Afghanistan, with Obama having pretending to have ended the USA’s role there but keeping 10,000 troops, mostly special operations forces, in that nation. Or, it could be about any number of the USA’s covert wars in Africa, whether about Nigeria’s oil or Congo’s diamonds, examples given. It could be about NATO backing the European Union looting of Ukraine in a provocation of Russia relating to the control of raw resources in a larger geopolitical context. If, as an American, you’re interested in knowing the real reasons why Americans are hated around the world, this is as good a place to begin as any:
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Ronald Thomas West 
Video? Got to watch from the computer then.
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