Why do you automatically assume the Arab quoted is correct Amos? I think the U.S. is in this for the long haul, and will not abandon Afghanstan until they have a stable government and the same would be true of Iraq, should we replace Saddam's regime.

Sometimes I think the liberals on the forum are so attuned to blaming everything on "big business" (particularly the oil companies) and "bad government," they lose sight of the possibility that "we" really are the good guys.

Ready ... aim ...fire! :>)

DougR