Bev and Jerry: You present that tired old argument (sorry for the thread creep Kendall but they brought it up)about our coveting the oil fields in Iraq.

Why, my friends, did we not just take over, as spoils of war, the oil fields in Kuwait? If we were as ruthless as you appear to believe the U. S. is, it would have been an easy take-over. For that matter, we could have gone on into Iraq and taken over their oil too at the same time.

Kendall: I, of course, hope you are right, but your predicition causes me to wonder if you might not have been cavorting with the Llamas again!

DougR