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[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:41:29AM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> Possibly because Paul proposes the unpopular notion that the US military
> should actually defend the US's interests[0], instead of being an
> extension of the IDF and the UN.  How horrible of him/us!

That's a fair descritption, but not very true. The UN has been used 
by the U.S. to control things it did not want to get out of hand,
for example both Gulf Wars, Grenada, Kosovo etc have been under the
UN flag, but were actually U.s. foreign policy.

The U.S. has been a throttle on the IDF forcing them to stop the
pacification of Lebanon and the P.A. If Israel had been left alone
last summer we would not have had to endure the 1,000 missles and rockets
that rained down on us, Hizbollah would not be in control of Lebanon,
and Hamas would be long gone. 

If the U.S. had not supported Arafat, the PA would have become an
idependant country with a democratic government and decent schools,
hospitals and a real economy. 
 
However, the U.S. continues to support the House of Saud, who are
a despotic monarchy who funded Bin Laden, and still continue to 
fund terrorists. 

However they also give you oil, so they are protected. I guess that
makes it in the U.S.'s interest to keep them happy.

> [0] Which, right now, should be concentrated on border security, if
>      we're really supposed to be wetting our pants over te'rists invading
>      our country and blowing the place up.

Don't worry, they will do it if your pants are wet or dry.

Geoff
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