Pete C. wrote:


> MareCat wrote:
>
> > "Pete C." > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > > The billions sent to Iraq are a drop in the bucket and while not being
> > > particularly well spent are at least being thrown in the direction of a
> > > very real threat.
>
> > What threat???
>
> Religious extremists / terrorists. Keep them busy there and it's hard
> for them to get to us here.


I've almost come to the conclusion that the best thing we could do is
withdraw from that whole mess and leave the whole lot of them to their
insane intercinine devices...they can spend the next few centuries
fighting amongst themselves (it's all they know how to do). It's
simply not worth the amount of spilled blood and squandered treasure
that the US and it's allies have poured into the place...

Our presence there simply adds more fuel to an already raging fire, if
we withdrew we in the West would be *somewhat* less of a target...

I used to think that our presence there could do some good, but it
makes no matter when you are dealing with a bunch of backwards
religious psychotics (which ALL muslims are)...

Let's put it this way: the muslims/Arabs. in the Middle East can't
even manage their OWN affairs (the only successful country in the
whole huge area is Israel), as long as they are squabbling amongst
themselves they won't have the time or resources to target us in the
secular West...

[As for Iran, the best thing to put them into their place might be for
the US and Israel to arrange a little nuclear "demonstration" over one
of their secondary cities. That would nicely put the kibbosh on the
budding Iranian nuclear threat. This is something that needs to be
addressed - NOW...we don't want to repeat the mistake of Munich
1938.]

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Best
Greg