OK Keith, you carry on defending the indefensible, that is your right, I question your capacity to actually think for yourself though, it seems to me that you have fallen for the lies and propaganda that eminates from your govermnment just as much as the 'Ruskies' fell for the same under communist rule. Try shaking off the conventions of how Americans are 'supposed' to think and try to be a little objective and try questiuoning things occasionally - you may yet surprise yourself.