I've noticed that many people do not believe the US has intentions in the ME that could be respected by anyone who isn't a power hungry war monger, or just blindly patriotic. Iran gets a similar scrutiny just interject shiite, Islam or extremist in there and its basically the same criticism. Many of the heated arguments that happen here are over interpretations of intentions and whether they are respectable or not. I was wondering how many people that supported the invasion into Iraq are still outraged when people mention that the war was all about oil? what about the attention given to Iran? How important do you believe oil is to the US when considering military action? Does that reality upset you? why or why not? and finally : Are you more interested in your moral position about who we are fighting or the results of actions taken in the middle east? explain please. :)