Sorry, WolfieVN, but I think Powell is being a bit disingenuous about this time. We may not ask for land, but we do seem to get concessions which could include huge oil deposits, huge contracts for rebuilding what we destroy, and many other tangible and non-tangible things.

I really wish they wouldn't talk in *sound bites*. I wish they would use real rhetoric and drop the inciteful and judgemental BS.