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Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
Yes the US wants oil. This is a GOOD thing for both countries. The US gets the oil that it needs, the selling country gets some of the money that the US has.
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Originally posted by Ashok Manayangath:
Isn't it just plain fact that gas is cheap is the USA because of the successful (yes!) government strategies for last 30-40 years? Well, that is the good part, but the middle-east based Islamic militancy is a disastrous side effect of those 'successful' international policies!
Originally posted by Paul Stevens:
NO!!! Gasoline is cheaper in the US because we don't put $4 plus dollar a gallon taxes on it.
Originally posted by Ashok Manayangath:
Microsoft wants money. Its a GOOD thing for both Microsoft and the customer if MS includes IE with their OS. MS gets more money as they want, and customer gets additional value for his/her moeny!
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Originally posted by Ashok Manayangath:
I was talking about US monopoly in the market, and yes, customer is the king!
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It is a common belief else where in the world that USA is getting cheap petrol from OPEC, ...
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Originally posted by Ashok Manayangath:
Taliban, Saddam Hussain and a bunch other serious issues that we have today is there because of some shortsighted foreign policies of respective US Governments.
Originally posted by Asif Abbasi:
The facts of these kinds [the fact that since 1979 the US has provided more humanitarian aid to the Afghan people than any other country ] will always be reported in United States because it shows the real hypocrisy of United States. Was this fact ever widely reported how many innocent people were killed in Afghanistan ?? probably not.
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
The Taliban was never funded by the US. But this has all been stated repeatedly.
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Did you read the article? The Afghan jihad they are referring to is the war agianst the Soviets. bin Laden did receive US support through pakistan but he was not a member of the taliban which was the original question.Originally posted by Ashok Manayangath:
The Afghan jihad was backed with American dollars and had the blessing of the governments of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Did you read the article? The Afghan jihad they are referring to is the war agianst the Soviets. bin Laden did receive US support through pakistan but he was not a member of the taliban which was the original question.
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Originally posted by Dan Chisholm:
My advice to the Islamic world is as follows. Abandon terrorism and instead invest in democracy, education, and charity. If you want to influence America then just become a part of America and participate constructively in the democratic process. A constructive approach will produce better results.
Originally posted by Tracy Woo:
And the same advise applies to people who are in mideast or in any place for that matter. ( No, I am not saying give up Islam and take Christianity ) But investing in schools that teach modern science rather than in regious schools that promote a very skewed view of the world, improving condition of the women, and most importantly thinking open and forward. These are precisely the things that have made US what it is today.
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If the money that is currently used to support terrorism is diverted to a system of private schools in America then the children that attend those schools might have an opportunity to gain a different view of the issues involving the middle east.
Originally posted by Rufus BugleWeed:
Who you saying supports terrorism? I don't think anybody is going to admit their funds are going for that.
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Great post Dan. Well said.
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