It seems that Washington has its Biblical fundamental ties to Isreal. Washington also has its financial/oil ass-kissing ties to the Saudis. Saudi Arabia is a SUNNI muslim country - which are apparently moderate. Many other of the SHIITE muslim countries are sworn enemies of the US. That's it in a nutshell. (Help! get me out of this nutshell!) -WaV
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:53 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Iran is in the news again. > > They seem to be reacting to recent military events that Israel > was participating in. > > I know almost nothing about the Iran / Israel relations or why > things are unpleasant between the 2 countries. > > I have never understood why the U.S. has such a great interest > in Israel compared with say Bolivia or Iceland? Maybe it is > because nobody wants to annihilate Bolivia or Iceland, especially > somebody like a nation such as Iran. > > Is our federal government supposed to police the middle east for > the next 50 years or 100 years? How much money are we > and our kids and grandkids supposed to donate for that risky > investment. Given the choice, would you rather not donate > to a cause that has a higher probability of success like the cure > for athletes foot. > > Personally, I don't want to see a single penny of mine spent > on the middle east. Sure I would like to protect the caves over > there or see some tourist sites, but not for the high cost the U.S. > has spent for the last 50 years over there and the future 50 years. > > I think the future of the middle east is clear. A very very expensive > and sad and violent series of events for 100's if not 1000's of years. > > I think both Obama and McCain's strategies suck to the point of > almost being idiotic. > > One solution might be to just call the whole middle east > the" United Republics of Israel," and get rid of anybody that stands > in the way. > > The other solution is for the U.S. to annex the whole region and treat it > like Puerto Rico, and get rid of all the theological legal bodies. > > We could also try to kiss up to Iran and try very hard to be their best > friend. I don't see that happening, and I don't believe that will > work. > They will just infiltrate the U.S. and try to gain power. They might > even try to purchase the Chyrsler Tower. Imagine that happening??? > > So given the choices, I think we need to go with the least expensive > route. But will the world and the Arabs overseas forgive us for > that. > Obama won't do it that way, and I doubt McCain will either. I am sure > Bush wishes he could. > > David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com > >
