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[quote]Originally posted by Raoul:
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The primary source of Arab resentment toward the United States is it's support of Israel - financially and militarily. Removing that would remove the biggest obstacle to the US having excellent relations with a majority of the Arab world, as well as Iran. Our only intrest in the middle east is the ability to access cheap oil - it's the reason the Gulf War was fought, and it's the reason we're considering a regime change in Iraq - because Iraq with weapons of mass destruction = instability, which in turn equals a threat to the oil supply. The only reason we're mired in trying to help the Israeli-Palastinian situation is because we partially contributed to its creation by supplying Israel with Billions of taxpayer dollars to build up their military. Those billions of dollars, F-16s, Apaches, Armour, etc are in turn what are destroying the west bank and southern Lebanon as we speak. I support the position that Israel has the right to defend itself, but let it be with their own funding.
It is not the US's role to be a global nanny for tribes who have been at war over that land for thousands of years, especially when there's nothing in it for us. That standard should apply to Israel, it should apply to Taiwan, it should apply to all African states who are killing each other off etc. These conflicts have been going on for ages and our participation will not be successful when we're blatantly in bed with one of the sides. These issues are best left to multilateral organizations like the UN or the EU, because it involves the international community in the process, instead of the perception that the US as a foreign policy puppetmaster to Israel.</strong><hr></blockquote>
good post....
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