I posted this video link before. It's 50 minutes long but it explains some of what is going on in the middle east.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCdaExnIpGs
Some key points are:
01:50 - Are chemical weapons a false flag? 07:30 - General Wesley Clark re US invasion plans, overheard in the Pentagon. 14:00 - Israeli plan that would divide up Syria into smaller states. 17:50 - The resource war. The Iran-Iraq-Syria natural gas pipeline. 20:20 - F. William Engdahl speech re the gas pipline and the overthrow of the Assad Govt. 28:40 - Pepe Escobar interview. Saudi Bandar Bin Sultan is running the show. 39:05 - Sibel Edmonds interview. The military industrial complex feeds off the wars.