I agree but to think that such an action will end mid east terrorism I think is being overly optimistic (understatement of the year?). Also I believe we need to eliminate bin Laden. However doing so won't eliminate mid east terrorism either. Don't get me wrong we need to something along the lines you recommend but it will not eliminate the problem because as many have pointed out it doesn't change any of the root causes. We have a dependency on mid east oil and a committment to Israel that greatly influence our positions there and thus how we are perceived in that part of the world. Bush seems to be doing the right things now and hopefully will lead us through this mess. It won't be resolved in a matter of weeks or months though.