Laurent, Thank you for shaking the cobwebs out of my head. Yes, of course, there have been many, ever-evolving reasons why the U.S. has been involved in the middle east over the years (I almost typed "muddle east" there - ha!)
> I think initially it was because the USSR was supporting militarily the arab > regimes (Syria, Egypt, Palestinians' Fatah, Lybia, etc). Later on the US > became a whore and gave money to both sides, just as corporations finance > both presidential candidates' campaign. In general, the U.S. indiscriminately throwing money all over the place at problems has been a huge mistake. > One thing I'm sure of: notwithstanding all the good talk, it's all about > power and money, they don't give a s..t about Europe nor Israel nor anybody > else. But whose power and money? If the U.S. hasn't obtained much of its oil from the middle east for years, what would be the incentive? The biggest oil companies in the world are not U.S. owned. British Petroleum now owns what were the biggest U.S. oil companies - Arco and Texaco. I may be projecting but I think the average American absolutely hates getting involved and mired in the problems of other countries. Kakki
