I think Dr. Makow is dead-on correct. I've served overseas in U.S. Embassies and Consulates since 1988 and have noticed that in the last 8 - 9 years that most of our ambassadors no longer serve the U.S. nor its citizens; they serve the WB and the IMF. Their priority goal is to get whatever nation they're serving in to accept a huge loan from the WB and/or the IMF and surrender their national sovereignty. I saw this while Clinton was president and thus far there have been no changes under Bush.
. I've served overseas in U.S. Embassies and Consulates since 1988 and have noticed that in the last 8 - 9 years that most of our ambassadors no longer serve the U.S. nor its citizens; they serve the WB and the IMF. Waxhaw, after reading all the comments on this post, yours is the one that provides illumination. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is not the only one in which the IMF and World Bank are stirring the pot. They are also major players in the conflicts in Africa, whether in the Congo, Sierre Leone, Liberia or Angola. And yet the conglomerates of the west are making money hand-over-fist despite the conflicts, or more likely, because of them.