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[quote]Originally posted by Raoul:
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I would submit that the US doesn't have any interest in the Israeli-Palastinian conflict. There's no oil there, and any support of Israel on our part merely goes to distance our already shaky relationships with Arab governments. In the long run, our only interest in the middle east is cheap oil to fuel our massive economy, and the assurance that no unstable Arab countries aquire Nuclear weapons that could be used to destabalize the region. Hence it really doesn't make sense to expend all of this energy on the Israeli-Palastinian crisis, especially when the EU is in a much more credible diplomatic and geographical position to make a difference in the conflict.</strong><hr></blockquote>
As the world's only superpower, the United States automatically has an interest in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, whether it likes it or not (and it does have interests here no doubt). Furthermore, I wouldn't go on about the credibility of the EU because it has a more diplomatic and geographical position to make a difference. Europe had a more diplomatic and geographic advantage in the Balkans, and that was a brilliant success...
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