Take the power away from the few that control all of the resources, slap down the dictators... I think we will see things ease a bit. Democracy is catching on like wildfire in that part of the world, while we seem less democratic here in the U.S lately. It happened very quietly in Southern Sudan last month when the citizens voted for independence from the Republic of Sudan to create the World's newest country, which went relatively unreported by the media. I am curious to see what happens in Libya. In the meantime, oil will be high for a while; however, it was already trending up before the crisis began in the middle east (Africa).

Did everyone in the media flunk geography and world history? When did Libya and Egypt annex itself from Africa and become part of the middle east? Just curious...