'pseudo-socialist regimes seem to inevitably turn fascist'

Well, yes. But it's not an inevitability of socialism itself - more the obstacles to socialist states being free to run their own affairs in peace. Any country that turns socialist has to deal with the constant threat of destabilisation, violent overthrow and economic/political isolation. Living with that year in year out would turn anyone fascist.

'... no-one in any super or not so super power (Including Iran)supports the rising Islamic majority Parliaments.'

I'm not so sure about that. It seems to me that the endgame of the West's policies on the ME are to make the entire region over in Saudi Arabia's image - (sunni) theocratic, monarchist/dictatorial and pro-western. Despite all its bombast about fundie Islam and Al Qaeda, the West infintely prefers to deal with a theocracy over a socialist state.

As for the people of the ME, I imagine what they want is freedom from all the wars and coups and destabilisation of their countries after at least 100 years of hell since the Ottomans left the scene and the West proceeded to help itself. Yet time and time again, the road to semi-socialist, secular democracy has been brutally blocked by Western powers and traditional Isamists. I suspect the people of the ME are becoming resigned to Western-backed theocracy as the only path to peace.

Killarney.The West does not want peace.The BMIC (Banking Military Industrial Complex) make more money be destabilising economies and dragging through poverty.This is the way the British Empire has always operated.They don't want competition.The BRIC is about to change this.

They subjugate their own populations and keep most countries at a subsistance level via debt and corruption of their leaders.

Arjay,

Even at today's prices 13t of gold is about $1.5bn, hardly earth shattering.

Shadow Minister

You shouldn't believe everything you read. The official figures are all wrong. BMIC is secretly smuggling thousands of tons of gold out of Zimbabwe and hiding it in an underground vault in Nevada right next to Area 51.

Steven,

Yes, and they've been doing this since the end of the War. Why do you think those flying saucers were buzzing around there ? No wonder they won't let anybody see that Roswell guy, it's rumoured that he had a strange accounting-type device on him.

And of course, who's been bankrolling all of this ? Have you ever seen the faintest hint that involved the Swedes ? No. Clever b@stards.

Anon

Fairy Nuff.