Quote Originally Posted by mopar View Post
This is probably over simplifing but, haven't these middle eastern countries been fighting each other for centuries ? What is the U.S. going do to stop this ? Aren't we basically protecting big oil interests? I don't have any answers but, I don't think fighting wars with them is going to help the situation. Maybe use covert operations to take out some of the leaders.

Opinons ?
People never seem to understand the ultimate reason for "nation building" (what we're trying to do in Iraq) and the importance of sticking around and building a democracy instead of leaving a power vacuum.
As a general rule, democracies do not go to war with each other.
This means regional stability and easier trading of resources (yes, oil is probably a part of things, but really... if we aren't willing to go to war over oil, what are we willing to fight for?), etc.

Now, whether or not we will succeed in creating a stable democracy that will hold when we eventually leave is a whole different story. Most of the shitbags over there have no interest in having their country become a democracy. And whether we could succeed or not over there, we won't be sticking around long enough to get the job done anyway... the sheep no longer understand why it is we go to war, why we're in the wars were in, and that we need to support the war effort... though I'm not sure they ever did to begin with.