Reply #101: OK...

[K-W]

here's the deal - he who holds the land controls the oil.

And the land is held by national militaries, not radical militants.

Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran are all nations that have strong strong ties with the respective Radicals in their country. Pakistan will be toppling soon - Yemen send money, Jordan sends missiles -

This is a non-argument. Not all fundementalists or all radicals work together or are linked. And even though nation states do, at times support or work with fundementalist groups, it does not follow that those groups control the nation states.

you can't possibly think that the Mujahideen have no bearing on what nation-states do?

Im not sure exactly what you mean by having a bearing on what the nation states do, it doesnt sound like something I think.