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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (610328)	5/6/2011 12:41:52 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575173

Ted, you're of the belief that if we just pulled out of the Middle East and stopped buying their oil, the terrorists would leave us alone. I never said that. Originally, had you Rs not fukked with the Arabs that might have been possible but it's way too late for that now. What I have said is that we need much less boots on the ground and more covert intel work done like we did with capturing and executing bin Laden. In fact, we can't afford this military operations in other country and I am sick to death that so much of my tax monies benefit other countries and not Americans. So why are you so happy that Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, just assassinated Osama bin Laden? Doesn't violence beget more violence? Or are you "succumbing" to the notion that there can be no peace without victory? I am hoping that with bin Laden's death, America's blood thirst and its need for revenge will be satiated and US troops can start coming home this summer from Afghanistan.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (610328)	5/7/2011 12:17:22 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1575173

why are you so happy that Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize laureate... # Joshua W. Burton Says: October 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am Quote Does the guy carrying the nuclear “football” have to stand on the podium with him when he accepts it, or do they have a procedure where he can sit a few rows back and just knock people out of the way if necessary? tjic.com Message 26008223 (The original link no longer works, the blog is down, If left it in this post to give credit, but its useless now.)

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (610328)	5/7/2011 2:11:38 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575173

Ted, you're of the belief that if we just pulled out of the Middle East and stopped buying their oil, the terrorists would leave us alone. I think that's stretching it. It is worth considering what would happen if the US instantly converted all vehicles to CNG. Instead of a half trillion a year in dollars flowing to OPEC and others, we'd be keeping it at home. Let's face it -- without the oil revenue, the entire Middle East would be one big Palestine. One wonders what effect that might have on American popularity amongst Arabs. Would they suddenly start "liking" Americans? I sort of doubt it. Friedman has maintained -- and I've sort of believed him -- that the oil revenue is what enables ME dictators to stay in power. But given the "Arab Spring", Friedman's hypothesis might be called into question. It looks like there are other factors at play, after all.