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You're right (shaking head) we don't need any allies in the region.
Until 1948, we seldom had enemies in the region.
The JCS warned Truman that recognizing Israel would threaten our strategic position and our oil supply, but the old fool preferred listening to his Zionist campaign donors.
<bold>At what time in history? There's been several actually.
Let's talk about (radical) Muslims and how they want to destroy all cultures but those that agree with them? Hmmmm?
That's nonsense, most Muslims don't give a crap about the rest of the world these days.
There are radicals in every country and religion. Evangelists in the US are no better.
Nor did Taliban etc. go to other countries. If we had left the Middle East alone, there would be no Muslim terrorists these days. We created them and keep creating them...
You are around today, aren't you? I am not only referring to the past, but also to the present. The West, specifically the US, Britain and maybe a few others, are by far the biggest problem globally.
Of course the Romans were a bully empire, but that can't serve as a pretext to behave the same way till the end of time. One would expect a certain maturation over time...
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<bold>At what time in history? There's been several actually.
Let's talk about (radical) Muslims and how they want to destroy all cultures but those that agree with them? Hmmmm?
I agree with jimj; the Al Qaida kind of people ARE a big problem in 2013. It's to the point that more and more rich countries want to STOP immigration of Muslims. So please QUIT ragging on England and the US; if we really wanted to play hard, there'd be NO Middle East in 2013.
Which sadly, Iran has been stamped for Resolutions for these activities by the UNSC. What's even more sad is the UNSC does nothing about it. But If Israel builds an apartment 10 feet from the Green line, everybody is rolling over their bed about some irrelevant UNGA bid.
Because there's 5 million jews in israel, and 1.5 billion muslims who scream about every perceived slight - while they do far, far worse.
The problem is that the fascist muslims are sympathized with and aided by various bottom-feeders in the west, starting with the sc-m of humanity like the NY Times.
Most of our oil is not imported and most of our imported oil is not from the ME. But leaving that to one side, there would be no serious threats to our ME oil supply if we were not supporting Israel.
The usual nonsense from the far left...many US allies and buyers of US products like Japan and India get their oil from the mideast, so without them, the US won't have markets to sell to. Get it? Or should I repeat it again?
And I find it just so hilarious how the clueless far leftists claim that all of the US' problems in the mideast stem from its support of israel, buying line and sinker the saudi-driven propagandist nonsense completely. Just hilarious.
I agree with jimj; the Al Qaida kind of people ARE a big problem in 2013. It's to the point that more and more rich countries want to STOP immigration of Muslims. So please QUIT ragging on England and the US; if we really wanted to play hard, there'd be NO Middle East in 2013.
You are confusing cause and effect. Al Qaeda is only a reaction to our imperialist behavior, an overshooting defense mechanism. Interestingly, they don't care about most of the world, but only target the West, and even there only a few countries. And guess which those are...
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