It was not my intention to hijack this thread into a discussion of the Mideast situation (well, there are so many of them; I mean the current Israel-Gaza one). I guess what I was thinking, as I read through this (and other) threads, is the need for all of us to be honest and avoid being hypocritical based on our own personal 'agendas.' I was just using the Israel-Gaza situation as an example: those who tacitly support the rocket and mortar attacks on Israel by the Palestinians by refusing to do anything about them or even condemn them but then scream when a country does what it needs to do to protect and defend its own citizens. I could just as easily cite examples in our own country but find it easier to be objective when looking at something that does not directly involve the U.S.