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Originally Posted by FireFly
I think there's a difference between support and understanding though. Is it time to haul out? For sure. Is this an area that will always need special supervision? Likely. They needed it before and they will need it after. Will the US be the ones to pay for it? Absolutely. They likely would have paid for it whether they went in or not...
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I completely disagree with that logic. Since when does one nation have the right to supervise another? Who made the United States the teacher, and everyone else the student? How would Canadians feel if the United States took the same action against them as they did against Iraq? Pissed as hell? Wanting to fight back? Wanting their sovereignty? Wanting Americans to butt the frick out? I know that is the way I would feel. I would feel that way if someone tried that on the United States.
Westerners need to get out of the region and let the Arabs, Persians and Jews find their own way in the region. The only reason we have any interest in that region at all is oil. Without that, we wouldn't be bothered, except to buy really good quality area rugs and dates. If we want their product, pay the going market rate, but leave them to their own devices. That's we demand of them, so we should extend the same courtesy to them as well.
EDIT: Seriously, how can Americans be trusted to "supervise" the region when they do stuff like this.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070815/...iran_terrorism
This would be like the Russins classifying the US Marines, who operate their own air, land, and sea wings, as being a terrorist organization in efforts to exert pressure on Washington and extort support against them.