Quote Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
the middle east hasn't known a moment's stability in recent history and their tribal squabbling has been going on for centuries. bush may be an inept and moderately corrupt leader, but to blame his administration for the centuries old animosities of the region is insane.
I guess you guys don't know how to read. What I said was the pot was boiling before the war but the war has caused it to boil over. Prove me wrong! We are the largest destabilizing force in the area. Prove me wrong. Facts is facts. Tell me that the sunnis and shiites would be fighting if Sadam was still in power. He would kill a few thousand shiites and it would be over. Sadam kept the lid on the pot and Bush removed him, utterly stupid. You have to look at the big picture, not Sadam bad, kill Sadam! We have litteraly opened Pandoras box. You can blame it on all kinds of abstract thingys, but the fact is We, The USA, destabilized the middle east, period.
medicinal Reviewed by medicinal on . Iran, U.S.-allied Arabs relations heat up CAIRO, Egypt -- Iran and its U.S.-allied Arab neighbors have long had testy relations. Now the talk is getting tougher as they compete for power in the Middle East. Nowhere was the friction more evident than at the World Economic Forum held in Jordan over the weekend. The conference was supposed to promote regional collaboration. Instead Arab nations gave Iran the cold shoulder, underscoring their resentment to Tehran's growing influence in the region. Iran set the hostile tone when a few Rating: 5