"Bush, Cheney, Big Oil, and the Fred Thompson/GOP contenders of the world all have something in common. To them, dead American soldiers and a disintegrated state in Iraq are collateral damage in controlling that oil, even if it comes with a spreading Al Qaeda menace. "At some point in the fall, if there is any justice in this world, Al Gore will ask America if they are tired to [sic] seeing their sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers killed and maimed so that Halliburton and Exxon/Mobil can rake in record profits while our planet dies." Steve Soto