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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (1588)	1/3/2003 3:56:09 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I had tongue in cheek yesterday, when I mentioned that we should just leave them (the ME oil producers) with no oil income, but know of course, that that can't be at least for some time. Believe me.. I have my moments where I think it would just be better to lay a minefield around the Middle East, quarantine the region, and let them all just duke it out amongst themselves.. But obviously that's not feasible, or ethical.. The Cold War preventing the US paying the kind of attention that is necessary to trying to resolve the tensions in the middle east. But not, with this Arab baby boom, it's imperative.. Hawk