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Originally posted by MagiK:
No Kaz what I was trying to get accross was that we are being touted as destroyers of peoples lives because we have been trying for the couple of decades to bring peace to areas that are being ripped apart now because of religions, the peoples of that part of the world were trying to wipe each other out before the crusades and have continued to this day.
The USA has tried to help the people of the region, we helpped Iraq defend itself against Iran..and look how Iraq turned out, Afghanistan exists today because we helpped them devend against the Soviets ...now look how we are repaid. We rebuilt France after world war 2...look how friendly france is to us....Frankly with results like that I think we should quit helpping people and let them fend for themselves.....but we don't because we actually care about people. No it isn't all altruism, we also know that if everyone is at peace then trade and economies run smoother...War disrupts trade, and is bad for everyone but the arms dealers.
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Ever considered that American intervention to try and bring 'peace' to these areas has merely upped the stakes? They had been killing each other through tribal feuds for thousands of years (and these feuds long outlasted the Roman Empire, another foreign body which marched in and stomped on them in an attempt to bring 'Peace'), these feuds have not wiped the people out, they maintained a delicate balance. Now the Americans and all their ideological bravado about 'freedom' and such have brought in an upsetting amount of foreign weaponry, techonology and ideals.
Of course why would the U.S.A. give a shit about the middle-east if it didn't have all that oil. We've seen how quick they were to abandone Vietnam after practically obliterating it with Bombs and defoliant after they lost too much face.