No, I did not become shanpoo, I just forgot to log her off and me in... now everyone will be pissed at her too. Another thing about an expression is that it is not meant to be taken literally. No one in his/her right mind would really "throw the baby out with the bath water" would they? Of course not. So warning someone not to do so is a moot point. Of course I didn't mean literally that small countries are invaded on a daily basis. I really didn't think I would have to point that out, but apparently some people need special assistance. What I was using metaphor to illustrate is that countries in many parts of the world, most notably those known as "third world" countries and those that occupy the area known as the middle east are often the sites of war, turmoil, and, yes, invasion. The United States does not concern itself with all of these wars, aggressions, and skirmishes. Many of the times that we do get involved we get spoon fed a lot of moral rhetoric by our leaders. This was extremely prevelant in the case of the Gulf War. And I still firmly believe that the "naked aggression" of Hussein's Iraq would have been ignored had it not been for the Kuwaiti oil that we stood to lose. I hope you got it that time, because I am not going to try and explain the concepts of metaphor, similie, and figures of speech anymore. So please stop picking apart the details and understand the point I am making. I could care less whether you agree with it or not. The message's theme was not that "teeny countries get invaded every day." It was the aforementioned "selective involvement" of the US in this particular case. Sheesh. And I mean it this time, I'm done.