Ghost, my apologies, I just contributed to thread drift as well! Back to Obama. With all the issues a new President must encounter, where would you place his (or whoever is the new President, hopefully Obama though!) order of dealing with the Middle East? If you take it as part of the Iraq war, then I think it is probably the number one priority. If you consider it seperate, where do you see it in terms of a priority list, after the economy, taxes, etc?