Well I gotta say, I couldn't resist posting above in the way I did despite feeling that I "knew better", and I don't retract the substance of my point (what little there was), but I didn't get the vitriol I thought I might in response and I don't believe in Kicking a man when he's down.

So in the absence of the fighting attitude I'd expected, (and to some extent actually respect) I'll allow myself to admit that I agree with the point that the desire to destroy America is a crazy thing.

As all you Americans here know, ordinary American folk don't deserve to die and the twin towers tragedy was not justifiable in any way.

We can observe how things get so twisted and we can criticize our goverments and our "friends" and "enemies", but in answer to the question "why destroy america?" - well - in all fairness - none of us would want that.

And kendalls observation is also fair and didn't need to be hijacked, having less to do with any actual interest in destroying america but posing an interesting if unlikely reason why the US economy might be in trouble.

Its a thought provoking idea for a thread and didn't deserve such harsh treatment.

Pax