Dear LH,

Sharing out the remaining oil is a nice idea but I suspect it's a bit like asking a tiger to share the deer it has just killed (yes, I know I'm rather over-doing these tiger metaphors!).

And Peace I agree with you, civilians should be kept out of wars - but hasn't the penny dropped yet? Everyone is a terrorist now - including democratic governments. The history of warfare in the Twentieth century was all about slaughtering civilians - much easier and more effective than trying to kill heavily armed and well-dug-in soldiers. And in the Twenty First century it's turning out to be 'business-as-usual', in spite of the proliferation of so-called 'smart weapons'.