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UnrepentantLiberal

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3. Why do you think it is?
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 06:15 AM
Mar 2013

Why would the U.S. government want to replace Ben Ali and Mubarak with Islamic governments?

I don't know the logic, but empirical evidence suggests that Islamic fundamentalist government... JVS Mar 2013 #1
Arundhati Roy is saying similar things... HiPointDem Mar 2013 #2
Why do you think it is? UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #3
That's an interesting question and I don't have an answer. I've gotten this far: HiPointDem Mar 2013 #5
Because the Neocons in think tanks are the ones who were too stupid to teach at Chicago? Recursion Mar 2013 #23
Perhaps because The Straight Story Mar 2013 #4
When Saddam left the dollar for payment for oil he sealed his fate and that of Iraq Fumesucker Mar 2013 #8
Good point and thanks for reminding me of that (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2013 #9
yes, that's part of it but I think it's more than a coincidence that so many NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #11
Arrogance and a limited understanding of the dynamics of the region. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #6
I doubt it. Because they keep doing the same thing, despite the example of repeated HiPointDem Mar 2013 #7
perpetual war, which is good for govt and bankers NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #10
It is human nature that people do not like living under repressive kings/dictators. pampango Mar 2013 #12
most of humanity lived under repressive dictators for most of history. and the repressive HiPointDem Mar 2013 #17
We supported Mubarak for decades and Egyptians showed they were quite ready to overthrow him. pampango Mar 2013 #26
Good points. We'll have to see the what the outcome is like. stevenleser Mar 2013 #21
"unpredictable democratic governments" Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #35
Follow the money - Saudi Arabia gains. Who do you think owns many multinational oil corps along leveymg Mar 2013 #13
So you're saying U.S. polititians are overthrowing secular governments in the Middle East UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #15
i think he's saying the us is hand-in-glove with the saudis to stabilize SA HiPointDem Mar 2013 #18
Essentially, yes, we are viewed by the Saudis as hired mercenaries. Useful, but only to a point. leveymg Mar 2013 #22
I've been reading these comments for a few years now. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #14
Part of it is their Cold War mindset of the neocons JHB Mar 2013 #16
That's an interesting theory. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #20
See the Wesley Clark interviews in this thread... JHB Mar 2013 #25
Whatever it gains by keeping America Fundamentalist Jesus. nt valerief Mar 2013 #19
To weaken them, basically. "Divide and rule". It's quite old. bemildred Mar 2013 #24
From what I read about Egypt, the Islamists provided a social safety net Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #27
Well said. Dictators (and their foreign supporters) in the region have created the Islamist pampango Mar 2013 #32
"It's all the Republicans' fault." AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #28
Because democracies are inherently unstable... Wounded Bear Mar 2013 #29
Continued instability and war, which feeds the MIC /nt demwing Mar 2013 #30
You're assuming. atreides1 Mar 2013 #31
I do not know what the gambit is all about Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #33
Economic hegemony Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #34
they are only interested in creating chaos in secular governments (including the US) librechik Mar 2013 #36
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