The SOA and Agile Culture Clash

In SOA and Agile: Friends or Foes?,  Amr Elssamadisy opens a discussion on the perceived disconnect between what should be the mutual admiration societies of SOA and Agile developers.  Most of the comments to Amr's article are also informative and and well-written.  However, in the discussion, not mentioned are the non-technical forces in play which, hopefully, this response can illuminate.