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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (49909)10/7/2002 7:31:40 AM
From: spiral3  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Carl, the whole oil thing was speculation to begin with.

And I don't think it would be the best real politik if the US were to pursue a course of action that resulted in the unification of Arab countries, by force or any other reason.

agreed, there is a lot we could do to unite them against us, but if the US somehow managed to do this they would have accomplished the impossible, the elusive Pan Arab Dream, secretly, arab leaders might be quite impressed -g-

It's a lot easier to deal with these guys when they're not a big place.

I see a difference between transfer of land, especially when it's a desert, and the transfer of population, but whatever, divide and conquer, hey I understand that.
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