People who live far away from us ARE still our friends and neighbours. The internet for one thing has brought us closer together. I have a chiropractor who is Lebanese and a dentist who is Iranian. I can hardly talk to them about what is happening in the Middle East because their families are there. We are not as separate and far away as we would like to believe. Not to mention that if this mess goes nuclear, it will reach us. Even before Iran or somewhere else decides to drop a nuclear bomb on a city near you.