When it comes to oil and natural gas deposits or pipelines, one can find just cause, or rather a valid justification to question the instigating actions and true motifs of the world most powerful country... especially when it comes to its' foreign diplomacy and/or actions.

1,000,000 deaths in Iraq(the 2nd largest oil reserves) and Georgia of recent...
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/did-us-military.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0811/p09s03-coop.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0811/p08s01-comv.html

Is Rome willing to shape the entire world it its' image at ANY cost?

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/invest_mavin/message/603

or is it masquerading its' problems and/or shortcomings and that of its allies(testing Russia's current military response and readiness) more than its' willing to admit them openly.