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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: epicure who wrote (113782)9/3/2003 12:51:30 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Clinton was the epitome of restraint. Have you forgotten what took place during his presidency?

Face the ugly facts, X, restraint with respect to militant political Islam simply does not work. We've tried both sides of the aggression/restraint coin. Neither reduced the attacks on us.

Because militant Islam's next goal IMO will be to control ME oil--or destroy our ability to get it cheaply--the continued use of the restraint card will be useless.

The ability to cut of cheap ME oil is the ultimate terror weapon. Don't think for a minute that the militants haven't thought about that aspect of things. It's an area in which I feel we are horribly vulnerable.

If that is a good premise, it makes a lot of sense to have a substantial military presence in the ME.
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