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To: Bill who wrote (65284)	5/14/2006 1:24:12 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Re: Your question. >>>After we stop buying oil from them, will there be more or fewer unemployed muslims mad at us?<<< Bill, are you implying a you-take-trinkets/we'll-take-land type policy? That if we, America, just keep buying oil from Muslim nations--they'll always be happy? That we do them a favor 'cause we're 'they're' big customer? It may have been that way durin' Pilgrim days, but reality's changed and the US ain't the only one buying oil from Muslim nations. The US has a harder time getting cheap MidEast oil and this has forced enrichment strategies of an inside bunch of Texas oilmen to change. The oil-party-hard days with the Shah ended and, although some exceptions, the Saudis, Kuwaitis and UAE don't revel and party the same way! Meanwhile, whether conservatives like it or not, attitudes of the masses are progressively changing. But with jobs, there remain hardline and perplexing attitudes. Read below, for example: washingtonpost.com Moreover, whether China, Japan, Indonesia or the Phillipines--the Middle East has plenty of non-American oil customers. And were Bush able to meet his tooth fairy of a different kind who'd wave a wand and suddenly place America steep in renewable alternative energy and into a state of not needing MidEast oil, those muslim jobs would remain the same. Which brings us to the question of unemployment in the MidEast? >>>Saudi Arabia’s figures are the norm. Throughout the region, fully 37.5 percent of the population is under fifteen, which means that 3 million more youths enter the job market each year. A recent report by the International Labor Organization makes the problem clear: more than one-quarter of the earth’s 88 million unemployed young people (between fifteen- and twenty-four-years-old) are in the Arab world.<<< aei.org Conclusion? The US won't stop buying oil from 'them.' Questions for you, Bill: Is this, in part, why we see double standards when it comes to human rights? What if that oil money were used to improve employment conditions in the MidEast? Why is it not used? Additional references: library.thinkquest.org nwrefest.org news.xinhuanet.com