one of the main drivers behind american involvement in the region is oil.
this is an extension of the redefinition of american military-strategic priorities of the late 1970s.
until the americans get a saner energy policy/way of life in place, there's little likelihood that this doctrine will change, and unless that doctrine changes, situations like this will recur. this is a baseline strategy for the us.
other countries have parallel strategies, including russia---but with the fading reactionaries in power in the states, it's not hard to see how american energy interests could be understood to be more equal and others. one would hope that if obama gets elected, there might be some modulation of the big dick approach which hasn't worked out so well for the zanies in the bush administration--but i don't anticipate any strategic change unless and until obama were to follow through with his energy proposals. mc-cain promises to continue the neo-con approach. one more reason not to elect mc-cain then.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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