Ake -

As much as I loathe both Blair and Bush, I sometimes wonder if they are making decisions based on the ability to supply oil but it is, I believe, control of the pipelines they covet.

If we were to cut our consumption and find sustainable alternatives to oil, there might not be the need to fight endless wars on our behalf. Of course, the industrialists still need oil, so the wars will continue in spite of what we do.

In Canada we have the 'one ton challenge' which is an effort to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions of each individual by one ton. This may help but you have to wonder about those jets.

Water and sources of energy are being consumed at ever increasing rates. Canada has lots of both but they are being privatized and bought by Americans. No need for the States to invade Canada when they can buy our Country, control its resources and turn around and charge us for delivery.

Basically, it gets down to the consumption and greed of the U.S. If they can't negotiate a fair deal, they just take it and the American consumers back them up. Canadians just sit there and let them do it. Britain's been doing the same thing for a very long time. Control of resources is the name of the game.

I think it will take not only the will of the people but individual action to stop over-consuption. In the meantime, lets hope protests to stop the killing of civilians in Iraq (as well as U.S. soldiers) will be the end of U.S. aggression.