-----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdinowit@;houseoffusion.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Robotic assassinations.
<snip> Quite the opposite. If America did not try to 'force' stability into the region, there would have been a few more wars over the last few years. Think of what was said just a few weeks back. If Iraq attacked Israel, they would retaliate (with a major emphasis on retaliate). Instability in the region WILL result in a nuclear war. America does not want that. America's been after appeasing the Arabs for a while now. </snip> There's also a theory that the US attempts to maintain stability in the region, not because of how much oil we use, but because of how much oil other nations use. If we don't keep the oil flowing, then those nations (the only one I remember from the article for sure is Japan) would have the need to build their military to go in and force the oil to keep flowing. There's a term for it, but as usual I can't remember it ... mono-something vs. uni-something. The article was in the Atlantic Monthly a couple of month's back. Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
