We have been meddling in the middle east for decades to protect the interests of big oil and the illegal, unConstitutional, privately owned federal reserve' petrodollar. Saddam had nothing to do with 911. In 2000, he annouced his intentions to sell Iraqi oil for Euros. Not good for the world banking cartel. Gaddhafi, in, 2009, announced that as head of the African union, that the economically crippled continent was going adopt the ‘Gold Dinar,’' to trade oil in. Again, not good for the fiat petrodollar of the Federal Reserve and the world banking cartel. Gaddhafi had 144 tons of gold. Any bet as to its where abouts now?

When one considers the investment America has made in the Middle East – the dead and wounded from our wars, the trillions lost in fighting and foreign aid, the endless time and attention of our leaders, scholars, journalists – what do we have to show for it?

And now John McCain is calling for air strikes on Damascus, and Bibi Netanyahu and his neocon allies have Tehran in their gun sights.

What exactly have we gained from 30 years of interventions in the Middle East – that China lost out on by staying out?

Now, just where are we at war with radical islam and why?

Question for you buffalo: What do you know about the procurement system in the Defense Department? Have you ever put together a bid proposal for a government contract? Then successfully was awarded the contract and administered it? Attended numerous design/specification/administration meetings with the Defense Contractor administrators and their military counterparts? Do you know what MILSPEC is? Do you know what is involved in MILSPEC'ing an item/equipment? Just doing a MILSPEC drawing (which is required) for every screw, nut, bolt, wrench, etc. is $10,000 minimum, and it goes up from there. Then the government QA process for that item/equipment that item, adds more...since it has to be able to operate at -70 degrees to 160 degrees (or thereabouts). I once observed a QA government inspector fail an item (which was made of nothing but solid iron) because he didn't know how to read a micrometer (true story)...and, that cost us thousands of dollars. Also, had an ex-Army SGT as the government administer who couldn't write the numbers for $50,000,000 (the contract awarded amount), it was beyond his comprehension...and he was essentially in charge of the contract (another true story).

I worked in that industry for close to 10 years after retiring from the Navy, and I have done all that...from developing proposals to managing the development program, and until you have done that, you don't have a clue how those dollar numbers you posted come about. I will tell you, that a lot of the fault, and in many cases the majority of it, comes from incompetence from the government...I have experienced it many times. So, you can throw out these numbers all you want, but you don't have a clue how they came about unless you understand the process.

Which proves to me you know diddly about the global oil market. Yes, the Iraq War was a war not only for oil but to protect the federal reserve petrodollar., and it was a war with losers: the Iraqi people and all those who spilled and lost blood so that Big Oil could come out ahead. Oil is sold all over the world every day by the likes of Exxon, Chevron, BP, Russia's Lukoil, etc... to the highest bidder. Lots has gone to China.

What else was accomplished by that illegal, immoral, unContitutional US invasion of a sovereign nation. Or do you still believe it was to defeat radical islam and spread democracy? Did we do either, or were we lied to? You believe the propaganda. I try to look beyond it. Here a helpful clue---FOLLOW THE MONEY!

WAR IS A RACKET!