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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (148827)10/24/2004 10:51:16 AM
From: Keith Feral  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Good points. The globalization of idealiam was adopted as a result of nuclear stalemate. The gridlock between Communism and Democracy was born out of sheer necessity. It provided the UN with an unusual amount of success because there was no opportunity for conflict between civilized nations in a neo-nuclear universe. However, when you introduce medieval tribes into the equation, the completely unthinkable act of war and the probability of nuclear escalation is no longer relevant. Now, we are back to the medieval acts of torture, kidnapping, genocide and other guerrila tactics of the Taliban, al Quaeda, al Sadr, and the rest of the terrorist networks within the Middle East.

Ironically, the lack of WMD is the most disturbing aspect of the Middle East because they totally lack a deterrent threat by which to be taken seriously. If they can't send a missile to Israel loaded with Sarin gas, how are they to be taken seriously as a superpower. It is impossible for Iraq to have any prestige in the military respect except for their random schedule of bloodshed against Western targets and anyone within a 50 ft radius.

Perhaps the Saudis are the ones encouraging all of the terrorism within Iraq so they can keep Iraq oil production to a minimum while the Saudis pump more oil at $55 a barrel. Who else has hidden agendas to keep Iraq in a state of misery? It is clearly in US interests to get things organized as quickly as possible. It is only in the interests of Iraq's OPEC enemies to keep their turmoil as violent as possible.
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