Obama's Syrian Red Line

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't know, i'd have to look into it. wouldn't surprise me if it was. once upon a time, we were allies with saddam, and afganistan was our biggest recipient of foreign aid. our foreign policy SUCKS.

It all comes down to oil. If we'd actually get serious about putting real money into alternative, renewable, energy sources, we'd need the Middle East a lot less.

Doug once commented here that he wonders if, 500 years from now, history will describe Osama bin Laden as the man who brought down two empires- the Soviet Union and the United States. Very smart comment.

Though, in all fairness, the Bush Administration was determined to go into Iraq from the day they got into office. 9/11 was just the excuse.