Iraq is turning out to be something other than the cash cow they hallucinated it would be. So they have to fill their coffers another way. Bilking you.
They know you are afraid to travel by plane or train...which they hate anyway. They know you want to take that oblicatory "vacation" which they grant you for an incredibly short amount of time, by world standards. They know you will take that car. And preferably that SUV. The more gas sales...the better. Simple business.
But you don't have to play their game. You are in control of your own life, and there are plenty of interesting places and people right in your own neighborhood. Dig them instead. Postpone your holiday for a month, and see if the prices actually do come down by early September, as the pundidiocy promise.
Participate in history. You are fabulous. Anonymoses knows his roses.
