The U.S. CIA and military have been busy toppling regimes and 'rebuilding' regimes in the Middle East for a long time now, taking over for the British and the French after World War II. They put the Shah back on his throne in Tehran half a century ago, and brought about 'stability' for some 25 years -- but at such a human and historical cost. Now it is Iraq that is being 'rebuilt' and Iyad Allawi who they are trying to make into a mini-Shah-Saddam.