By the way, if you guys need any help with the studio setup, I'm a Computer Networking specialist, and I know quite a bit about the stuff.

I'd be more than happy to help try and fix some of the problems with the studio, you definitely want to look into something a bit more reliable than skype guys!!!

Anyways, just U2U me if you'd like to hear any of my thoughts!

Quick note to anyone who is calling in to be on the show...

Please make sure you have no other audio running on your computer... No music, games, other chat systems...

Thanks.

Is it just my connection, or are the gremlins/spooks working overtime disrupting the show tonight?

Thanks all for your help. ...Was confused cuz I'm just dim at night, also because the box I see says "tune in via your preferred player - choices: pdf; print; email." ...The winamp to quicktime choices are listed about 2 lines down.

Special thanks to ArMap for the u2u and links.

....It's the winamp that's working for me.

Hope the skype stream problems sort out, but if not, it's still a great show. Obviously, can only get even better.

British interests? Heck then was it feared Iraq would just light its oil wells on fire?
It's interesting hearing how the UK and the rest of Europe get along....

Well, now I know what to do if I ever call in again. I'm pretty embarrassed, though. Don't know if I'll have the nerve to try it again! LOL

I am enjoying every minute of this! Great idea.

My husband is not happy though, because not only are my eyes glued to ATS far more than he likes, now my ears are glued too!

We are having a volume war between the television and computer!

Great job to all the callers, too!

The Iraq wars are and were about asserting western influence, control and domination in the Middle East. AND to address the paranoid security concerns of the Zionist Israeli regime.

Iran is in the cross-hairs now.

One of those Iranian hostages, Rocky Sickman, came from a town very near where I live. A couple of times a year, he would come to our school and talk about his captivity. I always remember thinking, "hmm, they sound like they treated you pretty good for being a hostage". But at the end of each time he talked he went on a 5 minute diatribe of not just Iran hate but middle east hate.

Then our taechers made us clap and he bowed then left till the next semester and he'd do it all over again......

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In defence of my Spanish neighbours, I would like to say that they have had terrorist attacks for many years, at a time most of the people in the US thought that terrorism was limited to Middle East, a bomb attack does not scare them any more just because it was detonated by someone from a different country.

They did not change their minds because of the terrorist attack.

Originally posted by masqua
If it wasn't for the dependency of the middle east for oil, they'd not have cared.

The most often missed aspect in these Middle Eastern issues is the Russian factor.

They have been players on the other side all along, and are wanting to assert their version of influence and control in the Middle East.

The ultimate conflict that is brewing in that region will have global implications eventually.

It was about oil perhaps still is, but there is much more going on now that receives little discussion where it should.

Most remain oblivious to just how serious and dangerous the Middle East really is, and will become as this insane competition continues to intensify.

On the genocide issue, PBS had a documentary on this the past week.

The UN has a rule that if the violence is against a countries own citizens the UN can't "invade" or intervene on a large scale.

In Bosnia, there were 300 Dutch UN soldiers trying to peacekeep(LOL) in a refugee camp with 25000 Bosians that later got led away and murdered.

BTW the documentary was called "Worse Than War"

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Its a BS "rule" the UN has that basically makes them ineffective in a in-country genocide.....