Slab...... You do have a point. To pretend that the American Populace's own greed didnt have anything to do with all this trouble would be stupid. I brought up the Iraq war, not because I believe the war CAUSED this problem, but because I believe we spent a ton of cash on the Iraq campaign that we shouldn't have spent. I was simp;y pointing out yet another example of money that should've gone to Americans, not Iraqi's, and sure as heck not to big business. But yeah, to give validity to your point, we as a society do have to shoulder some of this blame.