good idea. syria, for example, has been the scene of unrest since mid-march. the washington post reports the u.s. state department has secretly financed several sear yan political opposition groups since 2005. that's six years. the post reporting was based on diplomatic cables that the folks of wikileaks got ahold of. they refused to comment on the authenticity of the cables but a deputy assistant secretary of state, there's a title, says the state department does not endorse political parties or movements. baloney. if you provide aid, any kind, humanitarian, military, you do. in libya, nobody knows who we are supporting but we're supporting someone. and as tensions continue to rise in bahrain, yemen, and elsewhere, we may want to exercise caution about just who it is we are getting into bed