Jo- love you too girlie- and I know it's okay to disagree with you-
American priorities are all out of whack
The thing is - who gets to say what America's priorities should or shouldn't be?
There are two sets (and maybe more) of "opinions" here about fuel efficient cars and their importance. Is one camp right and the other wrong? Nope. The thing is- they are opinions. Yes, there is fact to add to it but the conclusions one draws from it all is still forming what ends up to be an opinion on the matter.
Why are we so eager to oust one dictator and not another? What do we have to gain?
N. Korea will indeed have to be dealt with. We don't have the military resources to be in both places at once. And do we really know what is being done about N. Korea behind the scenes right now? I highly doubt we are turning a blind eye and ignoring the situation totally while off saving our oil.
There is so much bantering back and forth about folks wanting to KNOW the real reasons for this and that going on around the world and just what is really happening. Do we really want to know all the details? I don't. I probably wouldn't sleep at night. I keep informed enough on global and political matters to debate with the best of them. And believe me, years ago, I did. Maybe it's my age coming into play here but I am not as interested in the debate end of it anymore. To me, some folks have an opinion one way and some folks have an opinion another way and both sides have lots of facts and statistics to back up what they choose to believe. And that's all good. I was right there doing the same thing and really getting into it at one time.
The only people who know what is really going on and the reasons for it are in the highest positions around the world. And for me that's okay. But that's just me.
XW