Wow, and I've been accused of thinking science fiction was science fact...
10.00 Hydrogen plants? I'm not saying it's impossible, but when you get that one ready, let me know, and I'll invest all I can in it since your going to become the next Bill Gates overnight.
In a book I read years ago by L. Ron Hubbard about space aliens who were here collecting gold, and screwing with the government(s) before they take over the planet at a later date, one of guys installed a carb that turned water into hydrogen for the engine to run on. (And he also added steel wheels, but that's another part of the story.) Complete science fiction.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's about as likely as us inventing the "will-be-was" drive for spaceships. (Also featured in the same books.)
Back on topic,
Our troops can't leave Iraq right now, and the job is not done yet. They have to get some kind of a stable government in place before we leave. This is obvious to everyone over there, and the ones who want an Islamic government know the best way to end up with one is to just cause havoc with the current one, and eventually it will fall. (We are there to prevent that, but the problem is, Iraq, and the rest of the middle east is so corrupt that our form of government is not going to work there. (Yes, belive it, they are more corrupt that we are.)
The leaders are in on some of it, the police and military in Iraq are in on the insurgency, and the religion teaches them that to oppose us is a good thing....
Nuke em. It's the only way to just get it all over with. If we leave now, the country will fall into civil war, and Iraq will become a huge zone of death and un-stability in the area. (Enjoyed your 3.75gal gas? Get used to it for a few more years.) Not to mention the terrorists trained and dispactched from this "unstable" Iraq going out to other places around the globe and blowing them up. (Look at Aman, and many other places where this is going on right now. Imagine how many more would be trained as human bombs if Iraq was just walked away from now.)
There is no easy solution. This is why Bush Sr. stopped at Kuwait the first time. (well, the easy solution could have been used after 911, but now we have lost the backbone, and worldwide support for it. Nukes.)
If after 911, the USA had gone to Russia, China, India and Pakastan and told them we know the Taliban were directly responsible for this event, and we are going to glass over that entire country in 48 hours if they don't hand over the leaders, those countries would have had no choice but to agree to our terms. The world was outraged. And scared of further attacks.
Now, years later, we have spent billions, lost many lives and are fighting a conventional war with gurrella style enemies. (Sounds so much like Viet Nam it stinks.)
BTW, I think we should have nuked Nam too.
