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Okay, maybe you did see that I was using sarcasm. If so, I apologize in saying you couldn't see I was using sarcasm. Saying Bush is just after Iraq for the oil is like saying the terrorists are using oil to finance their actions. There is nothing but circumstantial evidence to support either position. I guess I should have flagged that I was using sarcasm, but I guess most people didn't see that. As you point out, there's a big ignorance of the Arabic people. Arabs aren't these backwards people that the stereotypes portray. For instance, there's a lot of basis in mathematics that were contributed by Arabs, like the numerals and counting system we use. For some reason people tend to think of the Greeks as the big contributors to mathematics, and they did contribute a lot, but the Arabic mathemeticians did a lot of work that is fundamental. They also did a lot of early work in astronomy. While Europe was covered in a veil of religion that hindered scientific research, the Arabic people were mapping the skies. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/