ratbastid speaks the truth. Should be "Middle East" and "US", not Islam and west, as they are obviously not mutually exclusive. I was interested in particualr in ratbastid's last paragraph, about the industrial war machine. An industry of war guerentees the buisness of war will continue, and there will not be peace in the Middle East until either all natural resources are dried up for years or our war industry collapses. The road to peace runs though massive reform..and I've not seen any real US foriegn reform in my whole lifetime. Even I am not optimistic about US reform on the issue of war.
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