[fabsroman]

Oh, forgot to answer some of the other questions posed to me. If a plane is full of people and there is a terrorist in control of it, after what happened on 9/11 we pretty much know that those people are already dead, so it is a no brainer to shoot that plane down. Not shooting it down would result in the deaths of the people on the plane along with more casualties from whichever building the bastard flew into. Kind of like cutting poor Billy's arm off.

As far as it being a black and white issue, it isn't unless you know all there is to know and can tell me how everything will effect the world. Something tells me that you do not have those answers. My portfolio has taken a hit to the tune of several thousands of dollars because of this mess. I'll not complain about it if the whole thing is resolved and there is piece in the middle east. Heck, I would be willing to give tens of thousands of dollars to establish a lasting peace in the middle east, but I can afford it. What happens when markets plummet and people's retirement is affected? What happens when gas prices soar and people have to take losses on their SUV's to buy something more economical? Will the rising gas prices cause further inflation, resulting in further increases on the Fed's interest rate resulting in more people not being able to make their mortgage payment and being foreclosed on? I don't have the answers either, but I at least know that there are more issues than just "Go Israel" and "Kill all the terrorists no matter the cost." The world is not a simple place anymore.

A lot of US citizens don't agree 100% with what Bush does, so when he screws up should that be thrown at those people too. I am sure that a lot of these terrorists/militants/freedom fighters are in this thing because of the decades long hatred toward Israel. They were born into this thing, kind of like I was born into the issues in the Middle East.

I agree that all terrorists should be eliminated that intentionally target civilians. However, I have no problem with sneak attacks performed by these terrorists against soldiers. In a lot of warfare, deceit and treachery wins the day. Can you honestly expect these arabs to go toe to toe with Israel. Maybe if the arabs had the technology, this would be more of a stalemate than it currently is because Israel would think twice about moving into arab countries. Then again, it might just be all out war.