Israel pounds Gaza

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Danzig

altho it's true that we don't always need to intervene, and there are times we have not, chris' contention that we shouldn't be involved in middle eastern goings on would be incorrect. his argument that it has always been a certain way over there, and that they are whackos who only care about religion is overly simplistic. ignoring the realities of the situation is a mistake.

I certainly agree with you on all of these highlighted points.
However, I think the argument that the U.S. has involved itself too much in the region over the last thirty years might actually be quite correct. I see no reason why the United States needed to involve itself in the Iraq-Iran dispute, or then invade Iraq, or back - with military force - nearly every single move of the Saudi government....etc.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I certainly agree with you on all of these highlighted points.
However, I think the argument that the U.S. has involved itself too much in the region over the last thirty years might actually be quite correct. I see no reason why the United States needed to involve itself in the Iraq-Iran dispute, or then invade Iraq, or back - with military force - nearly every single move of the Saudi government....etc.

We could of avoided that. We couldn't stay away from them damn bushes. We hadn't evolved enough.