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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (233105)	3/2/2002 5:03:06 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

That is disturbing. Also disturbing are the equivalent Arab influences, passing billions in backroom deals to influence US policies and politics. Unbelievably, we haven't declared SA an enemy, even when they withheld information on funding flows to terrorists. The US is the "big kahuna" on the planet, every pernicious group wants to gain money, influence, and military support. And administration officials and Congressmen can be bought cheap. The answer: withdraw from M.E. and let them solve their own problems. Stop buying M.E. oil, at the consumer level. Not at the US government level. The US government is irrelevant, until they stop paying foreign aid to Egypt and Israel, and let those people who support them send their own money, or go fight in those wars themselves. And gain full disclosure of potential backroom deals that can work against US interests, stimulating militarism instead of commerce. I've been to Israel and am a big fan of the Jewish culture. One reason they gain enmity is their effective educational culture. Complaining about "influence" is sour grapes, and avoids the responsibility of politicians and citizens to self-determination. However, being brought into third-party disputes is counter-productive, whether it is Indo-Paki, Isreal-Palistine or China-Taiwan. We need to exit these areas, do commerce but let the UN take the lead in human rights and border disputes. Maintaining an effective military force, under civilian control, keeps the US viable. Multi-lateral control of WMDs will help keep the US safe. However, commerce makes a greater cultural difference than an overreaching military force.