MrRodgers
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ORIGINAL: MercTech Of the people I actually know, am related to, or talk to often; not one of them thinks the U.S. should be playing Sheriff with a posse all over the world. Outside of the beltway; the only people I've even heard of liking U.S. foreign policy are the oil companies that get to pump middle eastern oil while our troops keep them safe. Its amazing to me how many bought into the propaganda which suggested that American soldiers were sneaking Iraqi oil out in their canteens I write this, because American companies didnt get any Iraqi oil field contracts to speak of. That Iraq was about Texas oilmen is pure, unfounded propaganda Initially, we had to be as involved in Middle eastern affairs as we were due to the Soviets' encroachments there. Many dont understand this, but the Cold War was for real, and the Middle East was the prime battle ground Which explains why leftists (Soviet Union loving bitches that they are) always have their panties in a wad over our efforts there, and work overtime to mischaracterize / propagandize what happened there Now we are fighting Islamists, the new darling of insane leftist freaks Dig deeper and discover the truth if you want to be free As usual you have it only partially correct and backwards. The Cold War as ALL wars, were manufactured as an excuse for US hegemony and as reflected most prolifically by jumping in bed with tyrants all on the premise that they were so-called 'anti-communists.' They of course didn't give a shit one way or the other, they just wanted our money. Hence the expression...check-book diplomacy. One was the deliberate ousting of a democ. elected pres. of Iran and installing the Shah, about the biggest butcher in ME history, until paying Saddam to be the capitalist stooge with our help to take over Iraq. US enemies just like the 'terrorists' and 'terrorism' is now.....is history's, (the Russian Bear) continuing excuse and rallying cry for all manner of misdeeds. That's the truth once dug out, that will set one free. Now it's terrorism and [the] terrorist that will be the gift for US adventurism...that keeps on giving now and likely forever. One example is that the defense budget as doubled since 2001 while more Americans die from hand guns in one way or another since Vietnam...than all deaths of any war combined. (92/day) Another is the drone war that takes out innocents, the victims of which call US terrorism that our military euphemistically calls...collateral damage.
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