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To: regli who wrote (64852)	3/27/2007 8:37:55 PM
From: pogohere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Reduce US energy dependency on the ME? I don't think so. Carter Doctrine In response to the 1979 overthrow of the shah of Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the same year, President James Earl Carter warned in his January 1980 State of the Union address that "any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf" would constitute a threat to vital U.S. interests, especially oil, and would be met by military action. Carter backed the declaration by creating a Rapid Deployment Force, boosting military spending, and cultivating expanded military ties from Pakistan to Egypt. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush invoked the doctrine in sending U.S. troops to confront Iraq during the Gulf War. answers.com

To: regli who wrote (64852)	3/27/2007 8:52:31 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

While I agree completely with what you wrote, I also think that this is the end is completely right and it is a dangerous mistake to imagine that the imperialist tendencies of the US are limited to one party. They have not been historically, and will not change until we all wake up to the truth of our vicious past. Arthur Silber (http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/index.html) is spot on in this regards IMO....