Aneirin
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From: Tamaris
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ORIGINAL: kdsub
None of what you said makes sense. If it was oil and oil alone we would have supported the oil rich Arab nations not Israel.
The real reason or our support was our sense of fairness…our support for people who had suffered like no other. The images of the holocaust still in our minds we saw a ragged group of people just trying to survive without persecution.
Tell me… how many oil fields the Israelis have secured for us?
What possible benefit do we get by supporting them when it comes to oil?
You need to rethink your vision of America in the Middle East just as Israel needs to realize there are limits to our support.
Butch
H'mmm fairness, okay, so your sense of fairness is worth the danger your country is in from foreign insurgants for your support of Israel, and don't say it isn't because many outside Israel hold America as part of the problem when they rail against the Israelis, one just has to view the news for that, the American flag is plain to see on placards. But perhaps the situation is complex for America is blamed for many things or is it you just happen to be the pariah for everything the Arabs see as wrong in their world.
Go on ask yourself why the disgruntled amongst the Arabs rail against America, is it Israel, is it oil or what ? Why are you such a target for the militant, you more than us, you first before us, America being the primary target.
Israel is an American friendly well armed state in the Middle East, it is capable of wielding massive firepower if not nuclear, as to what use Israel is to America, maybe it is a sentinel in a sea of madness or could it be the home of the financiers, those who provide much of the funding for your country, in which case do you own Israel, or does it own you ?
But as to oil, the POTUS has to ensure the supply of affordable oil to America, as can you imagine what would happen if he lost that commodity, America would surely dissolve into internal war as what oil there is becomes very expensive and with that everything everyone depends on to live. Oil is the most important thing any president has to concentrate on, so nothing will change until Obama goes through with his election promise and pulls an alternative energy source out his ass.
But my guess is seeing as no viable alternative energy source is in the offing, the only solution left, is to strengthen US positions in the lands where the oil comes from just in case America's supply of oil ever becomes tenuous, for America will fight to survive. Afghanistan is one such place, hell, you are already there, where next ?
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