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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Also, the "sticking our noses in" argument is a little disingenuous.
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Disingenous? Please enlighten me on how that is disingenuous.
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Do you really think if the US pulled every single interest out of the Middle East (Isreal included) that would stop the violence.
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Stop trafficking weapons. Start trafficking food, Jason. Stop exploiting, start helping to educate. Stop backing repressive dictators, start backing democratic political processes. Yes, after some years of doing this, the violence would stop.
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The extremists would see that only as an advantage to attack us more. These people are sick and irrationale.
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What's so irrational about perceiving that you've been aggrieved by a superpower and striking back? That may be sick, especially considering how you strike back, but irrational? Sorry. Irrational is attacking Iraq after Saudi Arabia attacks, no?
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But, I do agree with you that our policies need to be changed. It is how they need to be changed I am unsure.
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Start by not giving your vote to warmongers. That's a first step.