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To: Vision

Yes, there is a problem with this....fighting a war side-by-side with Israel will turn each and every Islamic nation against us, including the Jordans, Qatars, and even Kuwait. The region would be lost to us for generations, and the 70's gas lines would look like a picnic comparatively.

It sucks, the entire Middle East mess has sucked for us for decades. And I'd love for us to drill into ANWR and anywhere else domestically, but it won't help a whole lot of the Middle Eastern spigot gets shut off, especially with a certified fruitbat sitting atop one of the next largest reserves in Venezuela.

I fully realize this is a fringe opinion/position, but militarily backing Israel is a bad choice to make, even if morally correct.


57 posted on 05/23/2006 2:41:13 PM PDT by Gorobei
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To: Gorobei
fighting a war side-by-side with Israel will turn each and every Islamic nation against us

That's already occurred. We have no friends in the muslim world, only business partners. They need our cash as much as we need their oil.

74 posted on 05/23/2006 2:46:03 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Gorobei

No one says it wouldn't suck for a while. Economic repercussions wouldn't stop us from protecting Taiwan from China, and it sure won't stop us from protecting (or avenging) Israel.


99 posted on 05/23/2006 2:51:01 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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