On the contradictory tendencies in the US Iran policy. The oil companies have for years been lobbying for lifting the sanctions against Iran, while the pro-Israel lobby has advocated maintaining the sanctions. Guess who has been stronger. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=5325 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html