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Originally Posted by roly
america would have much better relations with the middle east if it took a more even handed approach with the israeli/palestine problem.
having israel as such a close ally even if they're a secular democracy, hasn't prevented any problems for the US in the middle east, its just made things much worse.
its in the US interests for there not to be democracy in places like saudi arabia. do you think the a governement voted for by the people of saudi would be more western friendly? that's why the corrupt saudi royal family was put in power by the west.
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the Israeli/Palestinian problem means nothing to the rest of the Middle Eastern countries - it's a canard. they don't care about the Palestinians, the Palestinians have been the wandering sadsacks of the Arab world for centuries - nobody wanted them, and nobody wanted the land called Palestine - no oil, no fresh water, just dirt - what the Israelis have done over 60 years is beyond incredible for such a small population. The Arabs like that the problem exists, because it makes Israel look like bullies and any negative world opinion about Israel makes them happy.
I understand that the US has been forced to pick the lesser of two evils when they support the Saudi royal family and the likes of Saddam Hussein at times.
The Middle East is hopeless. Long after we're all gone the same shit will be happening there.