Edward, I feel that the sanctions against the Governments that you have mentioned are to give them a reality check. In doing this, the people of that country also need to understand that their Governments complicity with terrorism or threats against other civilized countries will not be tollerated. Now as to what you are asking about helping on a forum. Legalling if you are not trading, selling or benefiting from the corespondence I don't think that you are truely breaking the law. You would need to verify with your legal department on that. But just because you helped someone in Iran fix their fork lift, it's not going to change that countries perception of us in the big picture. I choose who I want to help and who I don't. That's my decision and being x-military, I choose not to help countries that our Government decides is involved in terrorist activity.