Originally Posted by electric-duane

It takes two to screw.

If the United States government -with reference to its foreign policy - is screwing the various goverments of the Middle East, well, then the various Middle Eastern governments are providing the lube.

As much as I am against pain, violence and war, I'm not naive enough to believe the entire world can live according to the communist manifesto. We are people, we are selfish and we want what we want. War is a part of the circle of life and Darwin's belief in the "survival of the fittest." I would also tend to side with Western countries who, when fighting a war, still have the decency to rely on conventional warfare.

Maybe Israel would react differently if Hamas stopped sending suicide bombers into crowded pubs and shopping malls in Tel Aviv or Jeruselum in order to deliberately kill innocent people. Maybe Iran, Lebanon and Syria would receive more dialogue if it stopped demanding for the destruction of Israel.

Why was the American government blamed for the hardships experienced by Iraqis supposedly brought on by U.S. imposed sanctions? Saddam Hussein was still living like a king despite sactions. Why isn't he to blame for ignoring the pleas of his citizens?

Now you have Muslims killing Muslims, Iraqis killing Iraqis on the streets of Baghdad and the United States is being blamed for it. And while the U.S.-led war created the conditions to allow what's happening, at the end of the day the responsibility lays in the hands of the people commiting the violence, who are failing miserably due to their own wants and prejudices. They had their chance . . . . and blew it.

I'm not saying I agree with the U.S. government. I'm not a Bush fan. But I don't understand this "let's blame America" attitude. The ones responsible for 9/11, the suicide bombing in Israel and the killing on the streets of Iraq are the perpetrators themselves.

Enough rambling . . .