"I'm always reminded of the Uncle Remus story of the rabbit and the tar baby. That's us!"

I was including Canada, India, China, etc., in that remark, Kendall. War is not a good thing, and as a human race we certainly lack enlightenment. It's easy to target the US for abuse, but it is equally easy to target any country in the world. As someone mentioned, the unequal distribution of resources causes an economic politic that is detrimental to peaceful co-existence. This situation reminds me of that simple old question from a pretty song: "When will they ever learn." Well, 'they' is 'us'. I hope that the UN is able to get lotsa troops into the mid-East. That itself may deter the thought of nuclear weapon use. I hope so.