"Care to explain your reasoning?" Libya was part of the Arab Spring demonstrations seeking to bring a semblance of democracy to despotic states. Iraq and Afghanistan weren't and are efforts to keep the oil flowing and have now arrrived at the point were the US is attempting to bring about a mutual interest understanding with an extremist group i the Mujaheddin. Care to explain why you didn't know that? Jim Carroll Whoops - nearly forgot: "The term community has two distinct commutative meanings: 1) Community can refer to a usually small, social unit of any size that shares common values. The term can also refer to the national community or international community, and 2) in biology, a community is a group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. Since the advent of the Internet, the concept of community has less geographical limitation, as people can now gather virtually in an online community and share common interests regardless of physical location. Prior to the internet, virtual communities (like social or academic organizations) were far more limited by the constraints of available communication and transportation technologies." (22 Jun 13 - 10:21 AM )