"You act as if this is unnatural. Who is guarding their oil infrastructuer from outside (terror) influences? Who is keeping their power grid up-n-running? Who has the contracts for oil field firefighting and infrastructure rebuilding?"

- it is natural for the usa military to guard it's investment after it invaded the country, replaced the government, and conducted an open ended military occupation of it's puppet government...it is a legal obligation under the laws of war


"did you notice the date-stamp for the story...?"

- yeppers...it was the same date dick cheney and donald rumsfeld published their plans to take over the middle east oil reserves:
"REBUILDING AMERICA'S DEFENSES" â?? A Summary


"Iran has been on this financial course since, what...2006?"

- even longer than that, and george bush has been rattling his war sabre at them the entire time


"Sure would love to see some original (intelligent) thought. "

- me too...the bush doctrine is outdated garbage now