Amos,

1. If you care to expand on my "narrow view" of the larger (rather than individuals trying to make a life), I'd be interested to read, as I would as a view from a shareholders angle.

2. "We". I was assuming that the 1st post was directed at the US and as such directed my answer that way. I do see the US as a big player but have no reason to believe that an American is by nature any more evil than me as an Englishman or maybe even than an an Iraqi.

Probably, deep down, you would like to see life and peace for all in the same way I would. How to achieve that seems to me to be the elusive factor...

Jon