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To: Yehuda
Israel is in a long term pickle and I think the policy makers, intel community, IDF and those people that work in the realm of national security at a “strategic” level know this. Policy makers in the West even know this.

Why do you think in reality even in the West you see this readjusting of policy and rhetoric towards Israel happening slowly but surely?

Hint- Demographics even in the West, trade/money, strategic resources (in this case oil).

2.5 million Muslims living in US, Germany 5.4% or 4.3 million ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Germany )

France 8.7 - 9% and rapidly growing ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_France )

Netherlands 5% ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_Netherlands )... You don't think that starts to influence the policies and foreign affairs of a nation? Especially when this group of people is organized around their religion? Who to the Germans is more important, Iran with their oil and trade in goods or Israel?

German exports to Iran ~ $6.2 billion.
German exports to Israel ~ $2.3 billion.

BTW, who has oil and guess where a lot is going? What do you think that does to the power base of a nation like Iran when dealing with the Germans?

In 20 years things will look very ugly for Israel. There are ups and downs along the way, but the trend is towards a shift in power to the Muslim/Arabic side in ALL aspects. Save this post and prove me wrong.

38 posted on 08/21/2011 6:45:42 PM PDT by Red6
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