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The only way to eliminate the problem in the middle east is to solve the problem that originally caused it. In other words, the middle eastern countries that have no oil need a real global economy based in something other than drug manufacturing.
Also the catalyst for the terrorism, aka their religious devotion, needs to be curbed dramatically. I would recommend airdropping thousands of pro-atheist and buddhist books, transcribed in the arabic languages into the larger populated areas. Also dropping large amounts of images depicting Muhammad in various sexual positions with Bert from Sesame Street (in reference to the infamous support poster), and let the bastards stew in it for several decades until they either kill themselves or get a life and realize that killing other people of a ridiculous religious belief isn't going to solve anything.
The American troops need to be pulled out of Iraq to a safer location where they can move back in, if neccesary - and by that I mean if they've got 4th and goal in the last seconds of the game. Going in and "accidentally" killing civilians only makes their children want to grow up and kill us again in 20 years. If we pull out and the terrorists are the only ones killing the innocent Iraqis, then in 20 years those children left behind will grow up and want to kill the terrorists instead of us.
Hello A/all,
What originally caused it?
Arabia was the seat of educated civiliation long before any other country in the West. Only culturally predated by China in the East. They had culture, a written alphabet, mathematics, etc. Then it started to fall apart into bickering and fighting between different peoples who were different only in custom and name. When the area was "colonized" by the pale skinned barbarians, their internecine squabbles were used to keep them apart and separated. The only thing which kept them from resorting to violence and mayhem was the iron bootheel of European soldiers who moved in during the age of Imperialism.
Then a commodity was discovered which they could sell to the rest of the world and make mind-boggling amounts of money. What ended up happening is the Western powers found the person who could consolidate power and make other people do what they wanted. Contrary to popular beliefs by many people in the United States, the United States really does not do well dealing with democratic governments. The US government wants one person they can go to, make a deal with, and get what they want. Witness the Bush administration's issues with Chavez (democratically elected leader) in Venezuala. The US Government is much happier with a militarily shored up monarchy like Saudi Arabia. We make a deal with them, and any Saudis object, they are beheaded and life goes on as the Saudi royal family dictates it to be.
The problem the US had with Saddam Hussein is that he refused to "play ball" with the United States on any terms but his own. This tends to piss off people who have first strike nuclear capability or can shoot their own friends in the face and be considered the poor helpless victim by their countryfolk.
The problem the US has with Iran is an inability to find common cause to work with a theocracy that hates us. I cant say I blame them for hating us. The Shah was not a nice man to his people, and we supported him.
The Iraqi people are an educated and intelligent people. The general attitude shown towards them by the current US Administration is one of condescension and superiority. Their Islamic (Sunni) beliefs are not the problem. What is happening is that more militant parts of Islam are recruiting people from all over the Muslim world to be suicide bombers against the United States forces in Iraq. A significant majority of the suicide bombers who are currently blowing up Iraqis are not from Iraq at all.
The problem with our efforts to stabilize countries we previously destabilized is the power hungry nutcases we put into power are more interested in personal greed than they are in making the lives of the people in their country better with education, hospitals, culture, etc. The US troops waltz in with our tanks and bombs, blowing up hospitals and nuclear power plants and the like, then start shooting people after searching their homes, and wonder why the locals hate us and dont trust that we will make their lives better.
It is not too much of a stretch of the imagination to witness the sh*thole that Monkeyboy turned Texas into during his tenure as governor to realize that he has similar plans for the United States.
Just me, could be wrong, but there you go.
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