The front line of our "corporate globalization" program is the CIA. With their budget some estimate as high as in the 50+ billion(?) dollar range, what have they done lately to counter the evil Osama and his henchmen? I suspect they are the ones beheading Americans/South Koreans in Iraq/Saudi Arabia. What better way to fuel hatred/rationale for more aggression?! (I hope I am wrong) A guy I went to high school with used to send bottles of ears he cut off VC he killed in Nam home to his dad, who was tortured by the Japanese in WWII. Apparently the guys with the freshest ears in a necklace were esteemed as the most macho in the bush. The insanity of combat has always paled in comparison to what the CIA rationalizes as commonplace.