[scouter]

Those governments did not, and still do not want their populations to have meaningful lives outside of complete subservience to Islam. It’s all about control and power; jobs have nothing to do with what is happening there now.

Agreed! Islam is not a religion. It is a political system for enslaving people. Yet, given the words he spoke about guns and religion in Pennsylvania and the Midwest, I can't imagine Obama ever displaying the same contempt for those who cling to guns and "religion" in the mideast.

[SatinDoll]

True.

That part of the world is probably going to go down in nuclear flames because the people will not change. They value power and not freedom. And it is freedom which allows a person to make valuable choices that can change their lives.