When we start adding stars to the flag then I will consider the thought that this is empire building. Seeing as Kuwait never became the 51st state, I think that hypothesis, that we are empire building, is bologna.
Then you aren't a very good neo-con, are you? You couldn't possibly be uninformed about what influences the policy making at the highest levels in the Bush administration, now could you?
Would you really expect them to do that? I think not. Given the fact that there are many who now believe that it's not elected people in DC that are pulling the strings, as much as the global corporations, who, I might add are very good a hiding assets...