posted August 13, 2006 04:11 PM
America has mostly taken advantage of the middle-east territories for oil and its own benefit, it just seems a bit cruel that america would still link terrorism with ALL things that seem middle-eastern or muslim/islamic just because of the 9/11 devestation and the war on terror. It just sickens me to a shame that when someone from the western "world" instictively becomes suspicious of a foreigner they automatically become terroists. I caught an article from the world socialists review, the article goes back to the surrogates and the gulf war, tell me what you think:Heres a clip from it:
*"The increasing suffering of the Iraqi people has weakened the ability of the U.S. to justify the sanctions, particularly within the Middle East. Arab regimes have begun to resume political and economic relations with Baghdad. Taking advantage of resumed civilian flights to Baghdad by several states, dozens of Middle Eastern officials and celebrities have broken the "no-fly" rule to fly to Baghdad. For all intents and purposes, it seems that the new UN inspection team will never even set foot on Iraqi soil.
The problem that the United States faces, even after its success in the Gulf War, is that, outside of Israel, it has no reliable "surrogates" in the Middle East, and Israel, as the Gulf War demonstrates, must sometimes be held at bay. Since the death of Nasser in 1970, the U.S. has successfully pulled Egypt into its orbit and neutralized it as a threat to Israel. But the U.S. cannot rely upon Egypt to discipline its Arab neighbors. The popularity of the Palestinian cause in Egypt has even compelled President Hosni Mubarak to withdraw Egypt's ambassador from Israel.
The U.S. has, it is true, armed Saudi Arabia to the teeth, but Saudi Arabia is in no position to successfully project its military power beyond its borders. That is why Saudi Arabia has pursued a policy of détente with Iran. The United States must spend massive amounts of money to arm what are undemocratic, illegitimate Gulf monarchies. Even so, it cannot rely on them to police the region in U.S. interests. These regimes are armed to cement them as allies and to create the military conditions in those countries to allow rapid deployment of U.S. troops.
The U.S. must keep an expensive military presence in and around the region in order to maintain its interests. This not only leaves American troops open to military attacks, like the one recently in a Yemeni port against the U.S.S. Cole, but it also puts tremendous political strain on local rulers, whose own populations increasingly resent the U.S. imperial presence."*
http://www.isreview.org/issues/15/blood_for_oil.shtml
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posted August 13, 2006 04:11 PM