I was not contradicting myself, every person is a little different, even within their party. Look at McCain. They still have to conform so much, however, that in general, the government is only one party. And as for the military, they are devloping many new vehicles that are fuel efficient and that is a top priority for "future force". The f-22 was choosen over the f-23 purely on fuel efficiency, even though the f-23 was more efficient at stealth, speed, etc. What alternatives are worse? You think we could weather $3.00 a galon at the very least? We probably could, but the economy would be even worse then it is already, and a war with iran would raise the deficit even higher. What are these worse alternatives? Building a super strong economy and refusing to give the middle east American money any longer?