Michael -

America is ther greatest country in the world. And, as tempting as it is to dismiss such a claim on some propogandic generality that you heard being shouted at a protest in front of the White House, do me a favor; man up and make a coherent argument, if you can.

"But because we want their oil, we destroy their society, pit them against each other, steal their land and then carpet-bomb whatever hovels we leave to them."

I'll take this one step at a time.

We want their oil - The fact of the matter is, if you're not good friends with the Bush administration you don't know what's going on. It wouldn't make sense for the U.S. to "take their oil," as if the motives are indeed what you are implying, then instability in the region should be what we are after, not thievery. But seriously, how can you pretend to begin to understand from your desk at home?

"pit them against each other" - It's their government's that are pitting them against themselves (broadly using the term "them" to descrive all non-Jewish arabs). Hamas and the respective leaders of government's like Liberia and Iran grow powerful by pitting groups against each other; it's their only source of authority and power because they don't do R&D, economic restructuring, social security, or anything half of a real government would do.

"steal their land" - I assume you're talking about the Palestinians here. I'm ambivalent on this one. Be willing to give that the bible is not an accurate source of empirical evidence and that it is impossible to tell which group of people was there first. And, give the Jewish people needed a homeland after 6 million of them were slaughtered by the Nazis. Give that the U.N. granted them the land that is now Israel. Israel has offered the Palestinians at some point everything they had asked form except for Jerusalem. If the government (if you can call it that) of the Palestinians, wanted peace, they would've accepted compromise. But, because their only source of power is derived from hatred, our present situation is the one that needs dealing with. In addition, who's the foreign world more likely to side with, a democratic people who has cultivated the land and grown an economy, or one that will do nothing with it? A question of pragmatism. I do note that the common person of Palestinian nationality has my sympathy, as do the common people of North Korea and Iran.

I'm exhausted, because I've written enough. Be open and seek the truth, not propoganda that fills the void of your ignorant and predisposed arguments. Veritas.

All I know is that the world has become a very unstable place. All for the sake of oil. It doesnt matter how the this war on terror is packaged, its all about the oil.

This is why Bin Laden will never be captured. You capture OBL and all of a sudden the War on Terror comes to an end. Not really what the Bush administration want.

I enjoy thinking of how the Muslim terrorists are suffering in hell. It was their choice. Their "Allah" is a pimp. The true God has punished them eternally.

How pathetic these so called martyrs are, to think that by killing themselves they will go to paradise. Have they had their brains removed are is it simply brain washing. Dead is dead. They are some form od hybrids whose parents mated with pigs.