The Caspian Sea contains the largest know reserves of Oil and natural gas.

Those of us who think stealing and exploiting natural resources think this is the reason for U.S. & Israeli military support of Georgia...and the reason for Russia pushing back against Georgia recent failed attempt at expansion.

Expansion? -- Expansion to consolidate it's drip on Caspian Sea oil. Expansion for the BTC pipeline (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baku_pipelines.svg)

This has routes that would take the greatest reserves of oil and natural gas in the world from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea and to the EU/NATO countries.

Also it goes through Turkey to the Mediterranean for export.

Formerly all this oil and natural gas belonged to the Soviet Union.

The final major part of this plan is an underwater Israeli-Turkish pipeline to the Israeli port of Ashkelon.

For more info, contact British Petroleum's (BP) CEO, Lord Browne.

This is why our troops kill & die: : for BP, not

DRAMATIC UPDATE -- U.S. Says No to Military Battles in Georgia.

QUOTE: "Vice President Biden told this nation's leaders Thursday that they would never be able to use military means to recover territories lost in last year's war with Russia, and urged them to do more to deepen democratic reforms,, a senior administration official said."
End Quote, at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072301541.html

IMHO, Extending our Empire to the Caspian Sea may prove too much. Not possible....this generation.

So...get the Ukraine in NATO....argue over missiles on the Russian border in Poland...that might be enough for the USA Master Empire Plan...for now.