ok , so teribus is saying...

the middle east/persian gulf - has no strategic importance for the US
(despite the fact that Kennan, Eisenhower, Carter all plainly stated so)
wonder why the coup in Iran? pure coincidence probably that Iran wanted to take control of its oil resources.
(seems to me its you whos got the odd sense of history)

regarding the regime change bit..
whether that became policy 2 years before Bush, it wasnt part of the UN resolution regarding Iraq.
and they knew full well it would be defeated because France threatened to veto - I didnt leave it out because it was a known fact..
but so what, how many times has the US used its veto.

And after all - the security council veto is the ultimate form of non-compliance
(why did the US veto any space weapons agreement, and then complain about China doing away with one of its satellites - when the US did the same thing 20 years ago)

of course you conveniently omitted the point about North Korea
(the worst of the socalled axis of evil - why not go after them,
oh yeah, they already got the bomb)

and the other two members of the evil axis are avowed enemies.
(does that make any sense?)

but then 'the decider' didnt even know the difference between SHiite and Sunni two months before invading IRaq , 'I thought they were all muslim' he said..

fyi the Shiites are the ones that hang down from the cave...