[capecodconservative]

Who, precisely, are our allies? Please identify the Iraqi, Filippino or Malian Churchill. To paraphrase Bismarck: we have no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, we only have permanent interests.

These people have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, in terms of Islam, and thousands of years in terms of tribalism. Do we really need to get into the middle of their disputes? Do we really need to ally ourselves with narco-sheikhs in Afghanistan or closet Iranian supporters in Iraq? I think not.

The so-called "Blood for Oil," in my mind, represents a legitimate American interest. If these people cut off our oil, our economy dies and our way of life is affected. Protecting our interest in Middle East oil, in my mind, is our only interest in that region until we develop alternate sources of energy, at which point we can tell the savages who populate that region to go bleep themselves.

So when the moonbats scream "No blood for oil," I say: "Stop driving your Volvo/Saab/Mercedes with the 2 year old 'Kerry/Edwards' bumper sticker on the back, you idiot, and start walking so I can drive to work and pay my taxes."

[ekwd]

In Iraq, the Kurds at the very least. In Afghanistan, the old Northern Alliance at the very least. In Mali, it is the Mali government which is fighting a radical Islamic uprising in its north. In the Philippines it is the government which is fighting Abu Sayef an Al Queda affiliated group. It is in our "permanent interest" to see that the Islamofascists don't succeed because they haven't and won't confine themselves to their regions.