Shademaster - just to get three things straight : The greatest threat to global and US security at the moment is the present US administration. The double standards in US dealings with Iraq/North Korea teaches us that the bigger your guns, the more polite treatment you'll get. The US attitude towards the UN teaches us that if your guns are big enough, you're above any rules. The lesson will not be lost on the world's leaders, I'm afraid. When I have to choose sides, I'll choose the US over Iraq and N.K. any time - not because I agree with US policy, but because on the US side you can disagree with, and hope to change, policy. The same holds true for our very own gallery problem : we CAN post both pro- and anti-war images, instead of being restricted to images praising the virtues of Saddam or Kim. I just happen to dislike seeing something that's supposed to be an art gallery (in the loosest possible sense) being converted to a soapbox - whether you want to support the hawks or the doves, we westerners are fortunate enough to live in democracies, so the place to show our support is when we vote (or run for office), not when we create.