DesertDrifter -- yeah, it's a mess -- then again, none of the British/French colonial setup coming out of WWI, Zionism and the birth pangs of the formation/the subsequent exploits of Israel, our overthrown of Mossadeq to install that Shah, Carter/Zbig's Excellent Adventure that as intended provoked the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan, or dubya&co's/PNAC's invasion of Iraq have particularly helped -- . . .