Ridge - I don't know who the "deep leaders" are - I suspect they're hard to see even if you want to.  But take a look at what their front men - the Bush Administration - are doing for an insight into their thinking.  They're engaging in a hugely unpopular war to secure a big chunk of the dwindling lifeblood of corporate society.  They're establishing bases in central Asia to have a further foothold in one of the last regions that may harbor significant exploitable reserves.  They're rattling their sabers at Iran, another major producer, but one that has national control of their own resource.  And the media, which is just another front for the corporate power brokers, are asking no hard questions about this path, and virtually ignoring anyone who does - like the quarter million who swamped the streets of DC last weekend.  The signs are everywhere...