I do not know why it has not happened before. I am watching a Russian HD news channel in English that sound like a proper English language channel. I forgot the channel name. May be RT. Arabs tried it with Al Zazeera. Next will be a cutting edge Chiese English news channel in 4K.

I am glad to see finally old Soviet Russia kind of balancing being bought back to post cold war era. Putin played it well.

Oil link to invasion are not new. Obama run the risk of being first American president in recent history with no war to his credit. ;)

Oil link to invasion are not new

Charts is not about oil and invation. Charts are about unsolvable internal problems due to drop in oil production (btw it is same thing in last years in gas too).

US gets more oil from Canada than any single Mideast country:

http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_epc0_im0_mbblpd_a.htm

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised

Other maps:

http://chycho.blogspot.ca/2013/09/target-is-still-iran-clear-cutting.html

Sorry I jumped the gun and now run the risk of dragging others to post OT. Please delete my earlier post.

They have best intentions for big companies, no? :)