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				1.  Same as usual.  You'll notice that only about 1/3 of the ME gives a damn that we're in Iraq, for example. 
			
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 If 1/3 of the "ME" thinks  anything, we should probably pay attention to it.
 
That's a lot of people, despite what you might think about Arab feuds and in fighting.  
			
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 So what?  There's a hell of a lot of people in Laos, and we don't care what THEY think.
Fact: the ME is only our problem because we have CHOSEN to make it our problem.  Afghanistan (remember them?) is a different ballgame, though, and rated a different response...a response which we half-assed.