In a swath running right through the cradle of civilization...

[WCGreen]

(Sorry Mitt, it didn't start over by St. Louis...)

The US has stirred a rolling pot of disenchantment and thus has spawned a hatred of the west that is only going to get deepen...

From Turkey to Pakistan, thousand of miles, millions of people and billions of barrels of Oil, the Bush Administration has actually put Israel in a worse spot than ever before...

How can anyone who proclaims they are sane think this is the correct way to approach the Middle East...

But it's not just Bush...

It is the American way, after all, to promote despots, tyrants and dictators in order to secure stability and the flow of natural resources westward ho...

Not one president since TR picked up that big stick has American Power given more than a knod and a wink to true organic democratic reform in the region...

People, we reap what we sow...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Indeed, we do reap what we sow...

But I guess most folks aren't thinking long term consequences the way you are...

Promoting despots in order to secure stability is just plain wrong...

As well as stupid or short-sighted...

It'll bite us in the ass one fine day...

When we don't see it coming...

And then where will that leave us?

K&R