text: garydubrall, you are right on target. All the problems we have in the Middle East are the product of meddling by American and British oil interests. The Iraq War was to recoup the oil fields that Saddam Hussein had nationalized on July 1, 1972. The Shah of Iran was placed in power after duly elected Mossadegh was deposed in 1953, only to bring down the Shah when he got too powerful. Look what we have in Iran now.