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Why do we bother?
OIL!!!!
There really is no other logical reason for the United States to be involved in Middle Eastern affairs. The region is about as far from our soil as you can get while still on this planet, is culturally very different than what is termed "western thinking", and has historically been amongst the most violent and self destructive places on earth.
Unless we as a country agree that colonialism is a good idea (blatant or subversive), exporting our base culture through forceful diplomacy is not an acceptable reason. The "War on Terror" cannot be used either, as we have meddled in the region long before terrorism was even a worry. So....Why indeed are we even there?
So, I ask a very simple question:
Do we, as a population/country simply place such a low value on Human Life that we can exchange our citizens (and those of middle eastern countries) for a stable energy supply?
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