>Two people on the list who detest Bush and are anti-war were the first ones who told me that we only got 10% from the entire mid-east. I subsequently read up on it and the official sources said it was around 20-25% with 10% of that from Iraq in exchange for humanitarian services.>
re the % ...i admit that i don't remember the exact number but i do seem to recall it was pretty high... >>Well, yeah, but both Bushes and Cheney are putting themselves on the line as the number one targets to be taken out and obviously know that the biggest bullseye is on their heads and the heads of their families, right? I don't think they want to risk personal suicide for a legacy.>> actually i was speaking in terms of what motivates wealthy people in general...it is generally not the accumulation of wealth but something more than that... which of course depends on the individual...one would have to know more about the individual to understand what that motivation might be... >We don't have all the magic answers for solving all the rest of the world's problems.> no certainly not...but our govt (both parties btw) foreign policies have been the cause of problems as much as the solutions...is this not true? does anyone believe the us govt has been faultless in this area? >I think you underestimate the ability of Americans to be enlightened and compassionate. It breaks my heart completely and leaves me mostly speechless that you and many others on the list seem to truly believe that anyone with a different idealogy in your own country is less than human and all to blame for any problems not only in the coutnry but in the world. I just can't get over it. I always thought we were all one people in the end, but what I read here tells me that maybe that was never true. I don't know what to do about it other than to hope it changes some day.< i am not sure how the above relates to anything i wrote in my post...
