[RecentConvert]

The root of this whole mess is demographics.

France is not siding with us because of their demographics.

Russia are distancing themselves from us because of our demographics.

The United States of America is losing its friends throughout the world because of its demographics.

Any future US president will not have the support, trust and unanimous consent of its people because of its demographics.

Know the truth, and it will set you free.

[Hatteras]

"The root of this whole mess is demographics."

Agreed, but I think it goes deeper than that. All involved see an opportunity to build their own coalition to advance their own separate causes. The main players are Russia and China. We're talking long term goals here and China (especially) would like nothing less than to see a weakened U.S. They don't give a rat's arse about Iraq except that Saddam, in this case, is the "useful idiot".