IMO, Israel is totally justified.....

[Nicobie]

but all I can say is:

It should be obvious by now that terrorism in the Middle East cannot be eliminated militarily. if we had leadership with vision in this country, we might look toward the long-term goal of developing alternate fuel technology, which will ultimately render the Arab states (and Israel too) geopolitically irrelevant.

[cut and pasted from TK's post]

If we can cut back our purchases, it would cut back their power.