Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
I think we should stop worrying about Israel and let them fend for themselves.....
the us has always depended on its various alliances. to turn our backs on our only ally in the middle east would be not only foolish but nearly suicidal in an age where weapons technologies are traded like baseball cards. if america wishes to maintain any standing in the area, it cannot depend solely on its few semi-friendly arab contacts. abandoning israel to its isolated status as the non muslim state in the middle east would probably lead to even more open conflicts in the area than we already have.

The oil rich Arabs have to sell their oil somewhere. If we were more friendly to them and stayed out of their bullshit wars, they might even lower the price....
this sounds like the naive "if we play nice, they'll play nice" garbage that the "peace at any cost" crowd always seems to pull out when they have nothing constructive to add to the discussion. as long as the west is dependent on middle-eastern oil there will be an american presence of some kind there and as long as there is an american presence in the area there will be those who see that presence as a threat. until the us weans itself of arabian oil or the hardliners of the area calm down their xenophobic tendencies, there will be no solutions and very little peace.
delusionsofNORMALity Reviewed by delusionsofNORMALity on . The Samson Option The Samson Option July 19, 2007 | (author's name withheld by request) Posted on 07/19/2007 2:47:10 AM PDT With Iran attempting to acquire a nuclear capability, I'm not as worried that they would fire a slavo of nuclear tipped missiles from Iranian territory over Iraq and Jordan in a first strike against Israel as I am that they would clandestinely provide missiles and warheads to Hezboullah via Syria. If the missiles were launched from Iranian territory, the entire world Rating: 5