truly excellent post, AA. the israelis won't do a thing to piss us off. even though the media may portray it that way sometimes, everything they do gets the OK from the white house. something to think about. the question i have for you is -- what the fuck are we going to do about the inevitable move from dollars to euros for oil? w/ or w/o saddam, it's just a matter of time. notice how dumya backed off the whole "fuel cell" crusade after he decided to go ahead with iraq? i mean, you'd think the SIMPLE SOLUTION would be to become less dependent on rogue states for oil. the saudi royal family's "investment" of $1.4billion to harken energy to explore in texas (when it's FAR more profitable for them to just pump their OWN huge oil reserves) comes to mind here...harken never drilled one well...so i guess the saudis must have just been stupid to send $1.4b to texas, i guess, which must be why they're so rich.