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hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)
16. The Middle East Has A Choice To Make
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 05:26 PM
Dec 2013


The more the west and the autocratic dictators are removed the hotter the sectarian war becomes.

When we were in the middle east a lot and were supporting the dictators that kept a lid on things we were getting all the heat.

As the dictators have fallen and the US has been more hands off the more the sectarian war has heated up. In all countries.

Maybe they are just cowed by their suprerior firepower.

Maybe they are afraid they will go to hell if they don't support them.

However Sunni and Shiite are really not a lot farther apart than some branches of Christianity, but man they want to kill each other.

The Al Quaida Sunni guys REALLY want to kill the shiites.

OK so a LOT of the dictators are gone but the people are going to have to step up and end the sectarianisim. We can't do it for them and for everybody who flees and goes to another sane country, well that's 1 less there to stop the madness.

The entire middle east is becoming like Lebanon was for so long.

The best thing we can do is stay out of it and focus all our efforts on energy independance. As long as you can make better money as a fighter paid in oil dollars than making anything useful over there it will continue!

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Gee, that's a Good Plan! chuckstevens Dec 2013 #1
If I remember correctly, ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #2
We never learn. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #3
Some of us do. DeSwiss Dec 2013 #17
For all who want to criticize, what's your solution? TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #4
Partition Iraq. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #5
Only Iraq should consider partitioning Iraq karynnj Dec 2013 #6
I'm down for any strategy that doesn't give us ethnic cleansing like Yugoslavia...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #9
No. It's arrogance to think we should divide up countries and set artificial borders-- TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #7
I guess what we need is person who can unify these disparate religions... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #10
Hey, that guy sounds familiar! Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #12
It is also extreme arrogance (and as far as I'm concerned Insanity) to believe that... bvar22 Dec 2013 #14
Funny, I don't feel safer. Strengthening Social Security would make me feel safer. Scuba Dec 2013 #8
Iraq was a much better place under Saddam and we, citizens of these United States, should hang Purveyor Dec 2013 #11
The looting and destruction of mesopotamian cultural relics and sites. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #13
Putting the whole outrage on the Country's Credit Card, bvar22 Dec 2013 #15
+1 a significant amount! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #24
Yes but some people made lots and lots of money from that war. zeemike Dec 2013 #18
The Middle East Has A Choice To Make hollowdweller Dec 2013 #16
You pretty much said it all. 7962 Dec 2013 #23
Sounds just like the kinda plan you'd expect...... DeSwiss Dec 2013 #19
"We have to keep selling these things to keep our profits/bonuses up!" As long as someone keeps Dustlawyer Dec 2013 #20
The Eastern World It Is Explodin' Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #21
I thought we were done in Iraq? Phlem Dec 2013 #22
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