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Originally Posted by dor  are you saying our support of israel has nothing to do with it and it's just PR? you know that even the 9-11 report said our support was a factor and one of the commisioners said that israel's lobby is so powerful they were able to get it played down (but not out) and you're also ignoring what jimmy carter has said, and the bi-partisian baker commission -that our lobsided support of israel is destablizing the region? And again, why do we support it? |
I'd have to read up about all the history that leads to US support for Israel to really answer your question. But I think that the cold war played a big part. The Soviet Union supported the Arab nations, so naturally the US had to support Israel since it was the only opposition in the region.
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as for attacking iraq, so you're in support of the war? how old are you? young/old enough to serve? are you?
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Today I think the war was/is a huge mistake, although given the evidence that was presented when it began (weapons of mass destruction, etc.) I thought it was a good idea. However my opinion about the war isn't important. The point is that it did happen, Saddam Hussein was toppled, and if this was done during the first Gulf War then the second one would've never happened. And perhaps 9/11 would've never happened either since it's likely that the US troops would've not been kept in Saudi Arabia with Saddam Hussein removed from power (he was the only threat in the region).