They Wonder Why We Support Israel

[hamster of smite]

If making sure US interests in the region were insured was a matter of importance to me I would agree with you Kevin, but in my humble opinion it's been US forgein policy that has made a bigger mess of the region then the mess it was already left in by British, French and other colonial powers, and whether the controlling interest in the region is US or Chinese/Indian I doubt very much that it's going to change things for the Palestinians or any of the other Arab peoples.

Call me an idealist, I probably am, but I feel that better things are possible in the Middle East but not if we keep going the way we have been going.

Making sure the only "Democracy" in the middle east is free to defend democracy and freedom, even if it means dispensing some good old fashioned hard knuckle justice and cracking a couple heads, isn't going to make people in the US any safer, if anything it's going to be the reverse, and our lifes aren't going to be improved by propagating US economic interests in the region either.