I come back from vacation to this discussion, and it's bumming me out. :-( But, yeah, it's downright scary, and war will happen, if not now, at some point in the future. India and Pakistan have always been at odds with each other, and it's a particularly tense situation. We, the US, are caught in the midst, as an ally of India and an ally of the current Pakistani government in their efforts to help us against Al Queda. Kat On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:12:33 -0400 "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: unfortunate, but true. we once could fight two wars at the same time. now we do good just to present a threat to all the tinhorn dictators over the world. -----Original Message----- From: BG Greer, PhD To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 6/1/2002 10:38 AM Subject: Re: current events That's not all bad, Beth. It's sad to say, we are going to need all the weapons we can and the last administration was so consumed with defending the sec addict in the Oval Office, they let our defense system deteriorate to an all time low. Bobby >The only people getting rich now and days are the weapons manufacturers. > >Beth T.