--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/28/07 5:23:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > We *prop up* those corrupt governments. That's > > one of the reasons why their people hate us. > > > > > > > > When we buy their oil, it becomes their money! When we give aid > such as to > > the Palestinians, it is up to their leaders to distribute the money > properly > > which they rarely do. Which governments are you referring to that > we prop up > > and the people hate us for? > > Look, *you* were the one who brought up the fact > that we were giving money to Middle Eastern > countries: > > "What countries do you speak of that we have brought hell to? > Afghanistan, or Iraq? Hell was already there long before we > set foot there. The rest of the middle eastern countries, we > have just poured billions of dollars into either in aid or > for oil." > > As far as you were concerned, the people should > be grateful to us for all this loot rather than > hating us. That was the context of your comment. > > Wrong, I never said anybody had to be grateful to us for spending our money > there or giving aid,
That was the implication in context--that they were wrong to hate us because we were giving them all this money. but your premise that they hate us because we prop up > their corrupt governments is wrong. The main reason for animosity for the > United States in the middle east is our defense of Israel. That's another reason. It's all of a piece, along with our occupation of Iraq. That's why it's so easy for terrorists to recruit members. Muslims are hell bent > on the destruction of Israel and return of that land to Muslims. Anybody that > gets in the way and prevents that, is causing them a great deal of > frustration and anger. Many of the governments in that region have learned to deal > with it and accept our position, but they keep their populations anger and > frustration focused on American support of Israel as a diversion for what they > aren't providing for their own people. >
