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To: tejek who wrote (290033)	6/5/2006 1:47:05 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

More specifically, why are so aggressive in our intervention in the ME and not SA. How about because the ME is an aggressive place whether the US is involved or not. Numerous ME countries don't recognize the borders of their neighbors. You've got Israel with no clear border other than with Egypt. The Syrians think they own Lebanon. The Kurds want their own country and are spread over an intersection of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. Iraq itself is a cobbled together mess of tribes that should probably separate into its root constituencies in the way Yugoslavia did. The Iranians hold three islands claimed by the UAE. Iraq thinks Kuwait is part of Iraq. The only reason Qatar and the UAE are not part of Saudi Arabia is because of foreign protection throughout most of the 20th century to safeguard their oil assets. Everyone is fighting each other all the time. Finally, the main region that had a long history of multicultural, multi-religious people living together for generations was destroyed with the formation of Israel, the Jewish state smack in the middle of the Muslim heartland. Meanwhile, in South America, when was the last time those countries fought a war with each other?