surprise surprise!..i actually find myself agreeing with you..i feel that we, the average laymen, don't really understand the insidious ways of the few powerful folk in the corridors of power that actually run the global scene..i personally am deeply interested in these sort of things and how the whole thing works..but when you consider how many alternative viewpoints exist on a single topic, its enough to make me give up trying to reach any one conclusion..each one sounds reasonable/feasible on its own and yet, who's to decide which one is most?