I doubt that; the United States has encouraged talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The instability in the middle east has also encouraged Al Qaida to recruit terrorists in that region. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, of course we're trying to show that we care about the Middle Eastern countries, but in the end the US is benifiting from it. And considering how power-hungry capitol hill is (Republicans and Democrats), I wouldn't be suprised for a second if they would secretly encourage the constant strife. I'd be less suprised if they even helped lend a hand to the infighting (Which we have already done publically; Weapons to Israel). As for the threat from al-Qiada, there really wasn't ever too much of a threat. The US was due for a terrorist attack anyways. We seem to have one every 7 years, I'd say. This one just happened to be particularly large. And it's impossible to safeguard an entire free society from terrorist attacks while keeping freedom, so we are in no way safer after 9/11. It's all a bunch of bullshit.