To: Broken_Clock who wrote (273850 ) 2/2/2010 1:37:49 PM From: Maurice Winn 1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) | Respond to BC, basically the USA has bought oil which has provided umpty mega$billion to Arab rulers which is not quite the same thing as "propping up". You seem to whine like Hell at the idea of conquering Saddam and spreading the wealth around instead of building another dozen palaces. The idea of freeing the Iranians from the yoke of the mullahs, Amendiejihad and the planned atomic bomb genocide is no doubt also a terrible idea to you. we have propped up the despots in the ME, thus perpetrating the ignorance and abuse of the various populaces. >ou've left out how much trade we've preferentially given to Israel > Anyone can trade with the USA, with limited exclusions, agricultural protection, steel quotas and other trade barriers notwithstanding. OPEC, in case you hadn't noticed, has been welcome to sell big heaps of oil to the USA. Dates and oil are desirable but most people have plenty of sand already, locally available at low prices. Arabs would have to do something useful to export to the USA. Exporting Islamic Jihad is indeed an export, but the idea of exports is that the recipient PAYS for the export and wants to buy the stuff. Arabs need to come up with something better than suicide bombers.
