My point is that instead of bringing this back to our leaders, why not confront the source. The source is terrorists in whatever disguise or guile or organization that threatens governments with violence, instead of negotiation. That is reason enough for anyone or any government to invade, deter, exterminate, or topple those governments supporting or sympathizing such attitudes and organizations, anywhere. My posts was to ensure that you and everyone else knows that Al Qaida is terrorizing, operational, and effective in the safe harbor of Islamic nations, not Israel. I'm not standing up for Israel, but making an observation that no amount of slight of hand can mask. The kidnapping of 2 Austrian civilians, along with the injuries and deaths of civilians of all Western countries, cannot be attributed the US government or due some conspiracy theory. Al Qaida and other like minded extremists ignited a terrorist war against any religion other than Islam and, any government not oriented around Islam, especially western civilizations not communistic. No amount of Bush bashing or Jewish criticism is going to stop them from this goal. Nothing Bush or the US government is going to do is going to change this. The only answer is to topple Islamic controlled governments and exterminate extremist terrorism clothed in whatever form.