The Pentagon planners, oil companies, and the NSA gave the Neocons a shot at handling the coming crisis with peak oil. The Necocons got us a good foothold in the middle east, but at a greater cost than all anticipated. Both financial and in terms of credibility. Now it's time to implement a different tact. We need to be more accepted by the people that compromise 99% of the middle east. We could be fighting China there soon, and we need that 99% to be on our side. The real planners and "deciders made a choice, Obama is their guy now... don't confuse Obama or GWB with the real goals of our national security.