re: Is it possible for us to tell BOTH the Jews and the Muslims in the Middle East to GFY?

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Also, if you have a really strong opinion on the US being involved over there (Jew or Muslim), then your arse should probably move over there and give it a try.

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My god the poli board has become an isolationist circle jerk of uneducated morons. Should I also have to move to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, or Gitmo or could I just do a time-share and split my time up? Yes we are partly there bc they are our allies (and fricking over your allies is great diplomacy), also they are a industrialized democracy in a area of authoritarian religious nut jobs, but mainly to provide stability to the region. Is the region stable now? A hell of a lot more stable then if we weren’t there.
Why do you think the Muslim countries allow the infidels to have bases there? It’s to keep the Iranians from taking over which the Iranians definitely want to do. Why do we care if the Iranians take over you ask? Because the #2,3,5,6, and 7 countries with the largest proven oil reserves are there. And #1 is the communist count in Venezuela, #4 is the tree-hugging progressive count in Canada, and #8 is Russia. Good luck getting them to ramp up production if there is a shortage.
If Iran took over the Middle East they could stop the world’s economy in its tracks anytime they got pissy. And they get pissy a lot.