I posted a thread yesterday that links to a great article discussing how the CIA was _surprised_ when the "Islamic Revolution" won in Iran. The CIA planners who plot the politics of the world had considered religion a dead issue (domestically, and overseas). US policy in the Middle East was centered on Israel and Lebanon, but the Islamic Revolution changed everything. p>
The article (linked to here: The Coming War in the Middle East -- I posted the prologue, but the link on the thread takes you to the 51 page article) explains how the Islamic Revolution got out of control, and how the Oil Elites are attempting to "co-opt" the revolution itself by changing the US policy toward Israel. It's great stuff. Very detailed, very political, and seemingly right on the money... Mark W.