Your Move, Russia

The U.S.'s current foreign policy is like trying to follow a senile driver who is lost. I can't figure where it's going, and what it's direction is. In 2001 we were all for tackling terrorism, by taking out Bin Laden and his "evil doers", and then the U.S. swung it's focus to Iraq out of left field, selling a need to go to war, based on loose connections to terrorism, and WMD's. And now we are planting missile defense systems in Poland. WTF? Like most people would say, "what does this have to to do with the price of eggs?" Or, in more general terms, what is the point?
I've come to note that Iraq and Afghanistan, not only are advantageous as a geographical control for oil resourcing, but also a way to box in Iran, and keep any of their intents at bay, whether good or bad. But Poland, which borders many of the former Soviet Union, and is Eastern Europe's gateway to Western Europe, may be another move by the U.S. not against Russia, but rather to keep a former Cold War enemy at bay also, just like Iran. And, now with the soft crisis in Georgia that just occurred, maybe, just maybe, the U.S. is making a decisive international chess move to check Russia from any potential move towards the Middle East, and play its part in a discreet energy resources race.
In an article in the New York Times today, it said that American officials are using rhetoric to explain that this missile defense system (Patriot missiles) is to defend against an Iranian attack, but that sounds like an unreasonable explanation. Something as simple as a Patriot missile system, could easily be installed in either Iraq or Afghanistan, both neighboring Iran, and where the U.S. has the presence to establish a missile defense system against Iran.
According to the Energy Information Administration, Russia currently has a huge network of current and proposed pipelines running in and out of Eastern Europe, heading towards Western Europe, and as far South as the border of Iran in Turkmenistan. One of their largest production regions wraps around Georgia, and South into Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. These are all regions currently are at the doorstep of unstable areas in the Middle East including Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it is evident by these sources that, all these energy rich areas were for the most part former Soviet blocs, and are weaker states that could not possibly resist a Russian takeover, if that were to take place. So it seems that the U.S. leadership is aware of the potential of something like this occurring, and is planning to protect any further spread of threats to our energy resource positions, and not trying to thwart any bad intents of Iran or any other Middle Eastern country.
Now, with a tense relationship between China and Russia (US quickens China, Russia thaw. By: Marquand, Robert, Prusher, Ilene R., Weir, Fred, Christian Science Monitor, 08827729, 5/3/2001, Vol. 93, Issue 111), the Bush administration is proposing a missile defense shield placement in China, yet another strategic position against Russia. The U.S.'s reasoning for this placement was to protect against any threats from North Korea. This is yet another poor explanation or reasoning for the U.S. leadership, because the U.S. would be better off placing a defense system in South Korea, a long time ally and military accommodation.