Why all the fuss over the Balkans? OIL???

Why all the fuss over the Balkans? Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Wes Clark, Madeline Albright, George Bush II, et al, all have their hands in the Balkan stew. Since when did the US care about genocide? Well, here's an interesting website from the US Department of Energy that adds a new dimension to the noblesse oblige cover used for another war waged by the USA.

http://eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/balkans.html