Originally Posted by willravel

You mean the implications of the facts. You gather evidence, and based on that evidence you make a determination that allows for all the evidence. That's where conclusions come from. That's how I determine if my tea is hot. I see steam coming from the cup, I see the kettle was just used, and I make the determination based on those pieces of evidence that the tea is hot. Likewise, I see that the effect on the US dollar resulting from Iraq and Iran changing to the euro would be devistating, and 6 months later we invade their country. It's obviously not the only reason we invaded, but to ignore it as a piece of the puzzle is naïve.