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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Ah, but our involvement in the Middle East is due to two things: 1: Oil. Admittedly, a necessary evil, but the one thing which has enriched the countries of the Middle East more than anything else. I suppose that's gratitude for you. Osama's daddy made his fortune in construction... but there wouldn't have been any construction were it not from the influx of oil money from the West. 2: Our support of the state and continued existence of Israel, the issue of which grew out of WWII. If anything, the mistakes which have created crises in the Middle East were made by the Imperial powers in that area (Which really didn't include the U.S.) during the preceeding years, when largely arbitrary lines were drawn rather than borders along ethnic or religious lines. (Which is why the Kurds have no 'homeland.') I won't say that there were no mistakes made. Most certainly abandoning Afghanistan after the Soviet defeat rather than rebuilding it and insuring its frendliness was a HUGE mistake, but trying to lay all the blame at OUR feet is... foolish, at best, because people are always responsible for their own actions. Nobody made BinLaden do what he did. No one ever made that his only option. He has chosen what he has chosen, and he has thusly accepted all possible consequences. As has the Taliban. As has our government, and those who support us. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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