Poonte - I agree with everything you said - at it's core, it is pretty much in line with my thinking. If I may add to it, what is intriguing is public opinion in America has swung in different directions, if I recall correctly, on this issue, yet it seems even in times of favorable public opinion, progress has been slow and minimal at best. That's just an observation and not a complaint. I share the your optimism and hope good things, big or small, come to that part of the world sooner than later. Hope is something they badly need in the Middle East (and indeed elsewhere) :) Best wishes.