The problem is that folks should just be honest about what they are supporting, and why.

Pretending that we are fostering "freedom" in the ME is just a flatout lie...or, if you think it's not a lie, then it's flatout foolish.

Again, as I said above, if folks really internalized what our gasoline costs us, then they might actually accept $8/gallon gas, since I suspect we're all individually paying far more than that as it is, we just pay it in taxes that fund our military-industrial comples, whose main job seems to be to keep gas prices lower.

That doesn't even begin to describe what soldiers and their family members are paying to make sure we get that cheap gas.

We have the most expensive gas in the world, because besides the dollars we pay, we pay for it in the form of wars, support for despots (Saudi Arabia and Egypt highest on the list, and far from the only ones), and the very lives of our soldiers.

Pretending that we are supporting "freedom" and that we already pay too much for gas are fantasies that will have to end sooner or later.

Fish on...

Todd