[Hugin]

Funny you should mention the Carter Doctrine. There really was an official policy called that. It stated that the Persian Gulf was a vital American strategic interest and comitted us to defend it. He even created the Rapid Deployment Force to do the job. Funny how the "No War for Oil" crowd forgets who was the first American president to formalize war for oil as a US policy.

[DoughtyOne]

LOL, Rapid Deployment Force? Was that the one that rescued our hostages in Iran? I don't remember his efforts in this direction. I guess that guy scared me so much I'd have laughed at the thought.