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Originally Posted by GottaDiesel
Oh! But I forgot. I think we should be there, because it stabilizes the region and keeps our friends in Israel safe. And since they are our friends and the only Democracy in the region we need to support them 100%.
(Wouldn't want to forget the broken-record routine enjoyed by so many -- that just wouldn't be right!)
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It is sad that this kind of thinking is acceptable in a modern world. The right of Israel to exist, or to protect itself, is as any other free nation. Stability in the middle east benefits not only Israel, but the entire world, including all of us in small town America. An epic disaster in the middle east would have far reaching consequences for Americans, Europeans, Asians and everyone else that lives in a modern society. As consumers of goods manufactured everywhere in the world, and as producers of food and other goods sold everywhere in the world, Americans can ill afford to maintain a myopic, self-centered view of events.
Many of you remember what it was like in 1962 when JFK held his ground against the soviets, how frightening it was. How different would it be if a nuclear armed, aggressive Islamic republic was propping up Cuba or Bolivia and wanted to place missiles there?
Do you think this is not possible?
After '62 a lot of people started smoking that wacky weed to escape the harsh realities of the world - just love one another and everything will be ok...they said.
There are aggressive, evil people in the world who are bent on the destruction of that which is good. You can't tell what's good in the world if you don't recognize evil, or pretend that it doesn't exist.
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