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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The reality is when the British established their colonies, they went out of their way to divide countries that intentionally put religion against religion and tribe against tribe. This was under the strategy of divide and conquer.
The Americans took a different philosophy of not always conquering lands but established client states. It didn't matter if these states were ruled by a bloodthirsty tyrant, just if they would follow the capitalist party line by selling out their resources and give lip service to hating the commies.
As Obama's former religious minister said, the chickens are coming home to roost. That being said, we still have to defend ourselves from these terrorists.
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The only part of that I would argue against is that these "terrorists" (which is a term that doesn't really mean anything anymore) are probably not as interested in us as we believe. Sure, I'm sure they like to talk a big talk about "killing all infidels" in front of the western media, but really they have their hands full at home.
Once somebody is in power, they'll want us to buy their oil and sell them playstations and mostly everybody over there will want to deal with the stuff over there. Besides, most places tend to gravitate towards peace if warring parties are not constantly supported by outside forces.