"The leadership of most of the Moslem nations need our cash to support their marble-palace lifestyles a lot more than we need their oil."

I hope you don't believe that. They can always sell enough to get along on the "spot" markets. The Western nations will pay anything for it, until the resulting depression slows economic activity.

"Or maybe they can try and attack us again, and we can see who runs out of weapons first."

What are you thinking there? The US ran out of bombs in just the former Yugoslavia.

And do you really think the US can fight the entire world at once? And even if we could, we couldn't occupy it, so would just leave behind more hate. The "Sharon Doctrine".

Are you willing to pay higher, much higher prices for gas for your vehicle, and higher taxes to support a war of that magnitude? And for what reason? To teach 'em a lesson? To feel powerful?

If it were anyone else, I'd tell 'em to get a grip. Take a nap, walk, something.

Arf