text: No, absoutely not. The arguement for it will be to keep the middle east stable, and if anything the past few years have shown that to be an impossible goal. The concern is that if things go down in flames over their, it will create a shambles of the US economy and lifestyle, and a major redistribution of wealth with many people loosing, both rich and poor, and a potential destabilization of our own government.\n\nI think that attitude is selling US citizens short. We will recover, just as they did during the depression. If anything we'll get to see a snapshot of the future as gas prices head towards $7/gallon. Life will go on, just differently. If the middle east takes a header, and everything collapses, we wil be fine, but the power brokers obviously won't be.