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<i>Taliban, which is a variation of the Arabic word 'student',</i>
I think "talib" is the name for students in the hard-line Islamic schools. I know "taliban" is the plural of "talib".
<i> You want those SUVs and glass ceilings in the KoP mall? This is what the US must do to have those things.</i>
I don't buy that any longer. The rest of the world benefits from cheap energy too; they then tax the crap out of it, preventing economic growth. The US's freedom is the root of its economic status. If there were NO overseas oil, the price of gas would double - at which point the alternative fuels become attractive, BTW - after which the rules change. A decade under the new rules and there would be new evidence of wealth to turn one's nose up at.
Even the most important raw material cannot hold back the most potent energy known: human activity. Maximize that activity with freedom and you get wealth. The SUV is just the current visible form of the wealth.
<i>George Jr said, "The United States has no more important relationship in the world than our relationship with Mexico". Reread that exact quote. Why not just slap the British and Canandians right in the face.</i>
Did you watch the Bush speech of a week ago? Tony Blair in attendance, Bush said the EXACT SAME THING except substituting Britain for Mexico. I should think everyone involved understands that these are mostly-empty political statements, important only in context.
<i>bin Laden and associates cannot be taken to the US for trial. It now becomes the jusidiction of a world tribunal and the world does not endorse the death penalty.</i>
It doesn't matter. He's not going to go willingly and the Taliban won't give him up even via force. And I think the world will see this one differently, after watching Blair's comments to his party today. bin Laden is no Ira Einhorn, for crying out loud!
<i>All those who lost in the Pentagon and WTC - they now have no insurance compensations. That is correct. In acts of war, the victims no longer are covered by insurance. Number 2 is what the President should have known when he called these actions acts of war.</i>
That is a bizarre charge to say the least. I doubt even the top lawyer for the insurance companies would have the presence of mind to check his language in such a situation. And the importance of stating the matter accurately was about 100 times more important anyway.
But again, it won't matter. The insurance companies may argue that the government should be the one to pay for rebuilding the infrastructure. In either case, the economy will absorb the loss, because the economy is much, much larger. And the people and families will be taken care of. I think there is upwards of $800,000,000 collected for them by all the charitable efforts already, and they are continuing.
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