andrew - i see what you are saying, but could there be a difference between a neighbour and a country? i would get involved with a neighbour who is abusing they children - but in a country we do not have only chlidren - but adults who can "take control" of the problems themselves. i am not sure we should jump in, when the people - who are mostly adults - are not steping up to the plate themselves. how do we figure in this fact with our desire for war?

pax
john