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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: slacker711 who wrote (155527)1/23/2006 2:49:32 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793754
 
I just dont see how our 5 decade effort to keep the ME stable has ever shown up in the price of oil.

A case can be made that we would have ended up the same if we had stayed out of ME politics. I see the money we have spent there as a defense expense during the cold war. Plus a defense of Israel.
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