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Originally Posted by Entropy
The issues of the middle east have been going on for millenia. We're interested now due to the financial/personal investments we have currently, and we're interested in governments that will keep the trade open and the oil rolling so we can keep getting our fix.
I'm hoping that the uprisings we've seen as of late wake up this country to attempt to create a modicum of independence so we don't have to deal with despots and crackpots to keep us from getting the DTs.
I'm fairly convinced that we can't make people have a government they don't want. If they want some sort of religious oligarchy to rule their corner of the world, so be it. If they want to invade our corner, we should show them our sabers and that we mean serious business.
However, to do any of this would require a willingness to make self sacrifices. Glass is pretty empty on this one.
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Even though it has been going on for millenia, the war was never brought to our shores until recently. I would suggest that it's not just the financial/personal investments that cause the fear but the ease of travel and dissemination of information. Never before have the two been easier. Now we can be reached in hours and the vile message from killers can be thrown around in seconds.
I think I'm with you on the rest.