Would this man have existed if the U.S. had employed half a million men to establish a resentful "occupation" in Iraq instead of liberating the Iraqis and providing them with the tools, training, and desire to police themselves? That was the point of Solomon2's very first post. We are not creating yet another sniggering free-riding welfare state, but strategic partners for our future security. In a world where the U.S. is only 27% of world GDP rather than the 60% or so it was after WWII, this is the way to establish world peace without great wars or empires.