i think this is a good point Jeffrey but i do think they are rarely sacrificed—certainly not Saddam or the sadistic Assads or Donald have you heard that Genghis Khan—for all i know a gentle nomadic warrior—left 5 million Y chromosomes in his wake, surviving today? 45% of marriages in Iraq are with first cousins of the doubly paternal kind—father's brother's child and this has been said to lead to easy fracturing of the country which only a powerful dictator like Saddam could contain of course "we" destroyed the country and it lies in ruins now—one end to the other leave tomorrow for Ft Lauderdale and then Sunday on to California as always, if you have an hour or so i will be there all best