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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gordon Bennett: [QB] Ah. So you want specifics. Fair enough. :D [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb] OK...so I've gleaned that you don't like the past stances that America has taken in regards to the middle east.[/qb][/QUOTE]I despise them. That picture of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam will forever label Rummy a hypocrite. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb]You don't think we should be selling them weapons. Does that extend to Israel? How bout India?[/qb][/QUOTE]Yes. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb] I'd agree in general in regards to Syria/Iran, and other areas where we disagree with the governance of the area but would like you to clarify your point. [/qb][/QUOTE]The region is called "unstable" for a good reason. Governance changes; what we agree with today, we may be opposed to tomorrow. The stockpiles of weapons we sold to the prior government are then in the hands of our enemies. (There is a precedent for this theory, as you are aware.) [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb] You want humanitarian aid for all refugees. A noble aim. Are you ok with the idea of sending soldiers in to defend these area's? Take Darfur for example...is there any safe zone that could be set up without soldiers to defend the area? How many and what is ok, what is overstepping the boundaries? If they know a military unit that has been slaughtering villagers is headed in their direction can they engage them prior to the refugee camp or must they wait until the enemy unit fires first in case the refugee camp isn't their target but the town twenty miles away is?[/qb][/QUOTE]I just hope the "military unit that has been slaughtering villagers" isn't one of ours. If we have the support of a majority of the world to go in and provide help (as in WWII), it's a good idea to defend (and preferably rescue) those in danger. We need to think globally in this nuclear age and engage the world in the discussion of problems that influence our humanity. We are all human beings; nothing more. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb]End all preventative strikes. Any and all? What if you have rock solid intelligence that an assault on the California coastline is eminent?[/qb][/QUOTE]You mean a "slam-dunk" case? LOL I doubt such clear, honest intelligence is even possible today. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb]Diplomacy. I'd agree to that. What type of diplomacy do you suggest we use in disarming the current situation between Israel and Palestine/Hezbollah? Should we offer incentives? Should we condemn Israel's offensive? [/qb][/QUOTE]The US doesn't need to engage in diplomacy as it is not our country's battle. It is up to the two who are in conflict to resolve it. We should neither condone nor condemn, nor should we offer incentives or choose sides. We should merely urge diplomacy and provide humanitarian aid where we can. There is not a clear-cut case of good vs. evil here. (There rarely is.) It's been an-eye-for-an-eye for too long for either side to be conceived as completely innocent. Both have blood on their hands. Further, while we have corporate oil deals with the Middle East, US opinion on these matters will be viewed as little more than a bad joke on the world stage anyway. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb]Stop doing business with terrorists for energy. To do that we would need to ban all trade with Iran and other similar countries. Is that what you are suggesting? This would be the only way to control governmentally the trade of American energy companies.[/qb][/QUOTE]We should ban all trade with terrorist governments or cease the hypocritical "war on terror." Can we have it both ways? I think not. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb]No action in the middle east. Alright...does that extend to our defense of Kuwait in the first Gulf War when Iraq invaded? Do you mean you do not want any American military in Israel to defend an ally's boarders from encroachment?[/qb][/QUOTE]While our own borders can not be secured? How dare we! No. The past is gone, as you have all pointed out to me. As for today, I think we have enough troubles at home. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sasquatch: [qb] Sas [/qb][/QUOTE]-Gordon B. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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