Article about the dollar vs. euro as reason for invading Iraq. I’ve seen a better more elaborate article about this, but this has a great heartwarming quote in it:

“…one of the dirty little secrets of today’s international order is that the rest of the globe could topple the United States from its hegemonic status whenever they so choose with a concerted abandonment of the dollar standard. This is America’s preeminent, inescapable Achilles Heel.’ If American power is ever perceived globally as a greater liability than the dangers of toppling the international order, the U.S. systems of control can be eliminated and collapsed.”