sad but true.

You would think the country that wants this war the most would have some ships out there.

Weapons of Mass Destruction! People are actually falling for it again.

@Chaos123x "You would think the country that wants this war the most would have some ships out there" They do don't they?

@brianluce haha wars are never fought for the common man

Well shit... all I can do is cast my vote (which isn't going to matter anyway) for Ron Paul and hope for the best...

My 2 cents.

Israel goes alone. 200 fighters + Jericho missiles. Huge radiation clouds get thrown up.

Oil hits $200, Europe crashes even more.

@VK …."it is pretty clear who'll be named responsible for final fuck up."

I don't believe in 'final fuck up'. One just leads to the next which adds to the mixed up mess for the ones that follow. And so it goes. There's lots we can do and lots we shouldn't…like ever believe in a final fuck up…or in trusting this media or that. I remember stomping out onto a garbage dump to get the right angle on a beautiful shot. It's a great picture … but you have to frame it well, carefully

@bitcrusher

:-) I have strong suspicions that if we'll see such crater we'll also see much bigger ones in other areas of the world :-)

Syria is shaping up to be kind of like vietnam in reverse, with Russia and China supporting ngo dinh diem's gov (assad) and the West backing revolutionaries. The US in the meantime, owes so much to China that they had to give the oil reserves in Iraq to them; so now, the CNPC controls most of the oil in iraq. There is little oil in syria so I don't think it is about that. I equate it to being like Vietnam cause all I really see are ideals as the cause, along with (maybe) Israeli security. Israel can be the most stubborn nation in the entire world. Their foreign policy is seemingly devoted to inspiring hatred and fear of themselves, and being so schizophrenic, they could easily drop the bomb.

@Chaos123 Paul is a racist moron with the worst foreign policy of any candidate. Plus he's way too old to win. I want Jimmy Ca- i mean Obama, to win. Any of the other candidates literally guarantee world war, plus the annihilation of Israel, in my opinion. I lived in Israel for a year, Lebanon for seven, and Iraq for one. I was in the middle east for both the Iraq wars, and even though I am an american, it is the greatest object of obsession and sympathy to me.

am not critical of china's interest in Iraqi oil, they've been ongoing since 1997. That they control, 'most of the oil in Iraq is a hyperbole.' In fact, China doesn't even control a majority of it. The CNPC has 37%; BP has 38% and Iraq has 25%. I believe though, that the reason why China has so much control is due to US and other foreign debt to china, and not so much about chinese interests in Iraq. I know this because I spent a lot of time in Iraq in 2010 and it was a hot topic of debate, but here is an article that reflects it.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_05/b4165044386657.htm

Yes, you can't start a war with Iran without Syria, 'under control,' but Syria is absolutely not under control now.

I was 18 and worked for a telecoms company on a US military installation, one that provided commercial service to troops.

Twisting facts is a bad thing, yes. If you read the article I linked you to you would have noticed that it mentions that this is just one of China's interests in Iraq, not the ONLY one. I can devote research to it if you want. I never vouched for business week, just shared the article.

@kicap

I sent tmcan link from CNPC site describing situation, Yep, he is right, but his 37% number is wrong, as it is indeed just formal share in one filed. But they take part in almost all big projects. And do not publish how actual oil is distributed.

Since I do not speak Russian, my daughter (who does) kindly translated the original chart and photoshopped the translated text. Here is the result.