[BigAls87Z28]

I dont think you are a "Jesus" freak or have any association with the Religious Right.
I do think that this war with the Islamic region is on some level a religious war.
I dont look at any lefty sites, I just try to pick through the **** and find out what is really going on. I have no association with either side, nor do I really want too.
The right is so clogged with Religious **** while the Left is getting to be too odd.
Hell, Guliani now has to put on a show and dance for the Bible Belt so that he can win some of them over. Thats sad, it really is. I hope that if he does make it to office, that he only did that to appease the Rep party, and he can lay down some law when he enters the White House.

WWI happed because democracy wasnt in place? No ****ing way. What happend was that all these countries made pacts and allied with everyone else, and when the Archduke was assasinated, it started a domino effect that brought all of Europe into a major war.
WWII was almost a continuation. Due to the fact that Germany was stripped of pride and power, that the people of Germany because down on themselves. They went into a depression harder then the US did. It took a man like Hitler who pinned the problems on people who were keeping them down such as the Jews and others He then used that momentium to build himself and which brought him to power. He then built himself a massive army and trained them. He brought Germany back to greatness, even if what he did was absoluty unethical and unmoral. Nothing for nothing, but Germany has never been more pround of itself since then. Thats another story for another day, but in no way was anything involving a lack of democracy a prelude to war. These were established countires, with an established goverment, society and military. They were organized and mobilized.

Back to getting on topic of this thread.
Arabs are making money off oil because the world revolved around it. How can we limit intake of oil? By finding other sources of fuel. Hyrbid cars are still powerd by gas and still take 5 qts of oil every 5-7k miles. Better gas milage does not mean that it will stop people from using gas. At some point, such an improvement will turn around as more people will drive more since they can get better gas milage, which will negate the hyrbid effect, and they will use just as much gas and oil as previously. On top of the fact that it takes on average 8-10 years between when a new car hits the showrooms of america and makes it full stream impact into the used car market.
A car that gets 40mpg now wont be helpful to the enviroment till 2018.