THE INTRODUCTION

First of all, if you are reading this...that means you are FROM the Middle East. Live there now. Are in the military stationed there. Have friends or family stationed there.

HAVE had...OR
are someone merely interested in that region of the world and are aware of the strategic importance to the rest of the world that the Middle East represents. IS.

A huge clump of real estate, smack dab in OIL country,

and for many that is all that matters.

WRONG

There is much to be said for oil, but the ONLY thing that matters in the Middle East isn't one of them.

C'mon. Let's see why that is?

CHAPTER I - IN THE BEGINNING