kakki >>Sorry if I misread you. It didn't seem general when you followed it with the next sentence which seems like you were saying Bush and Cheney are so motivated<<
yes, it was general in the sense that i think most wealthy folk of a certain age are motivated towards other things than accumulation of more money- perhaps a legacy of some kind, or power of some kind...it is an individual thing...& i would not exclude gwb or cheney from this idea as they are human beings...i don't claim to know who either of them are really (on the inside) & so my thought was that reading their bios might clarify what their motivations are...i was tying to ideas together based on a post from anne & a post from you...i hope this is clearer... kakki >>Maybe I am reacting too much and reading too much into it all but this seems to follow along the U.S.'s equivalency with terrorists statements made here a number of times. I do see a difference between the U.S. conducts itself on many levels and the way that terrorists conduct themselves. I see now that you are including both political parties in the equation as far as the problem and the solution. I apologize if you have included other political parties before as having accountability.<< apology accepted my friend... i have a strong philisophical bent...i can usually see the similarities of human nature regardless of the culture & in order for us (humans) to create solutions i believe that we (humans) must work harder at understanding each other on the cultural level in order to come to accept that we (humans) are all truly more similar than different...this is just the way i see the world... also what i see is that it is always the young who are sent to fight the wars & often those who fight believe that their side is right & that the other side is wrong & they can justify it...both believe in an enemy that they perceive to be so different when really they are more similar than not...both sides demonize the other side which makes it easier to go & kill them
