Anonymous@136136

not really.

1. Why would arabs be pissed that the world decided to give their land to jews that lived 1800 miles away ? Hmmmmmm.

If the US government took a farmer's land in Iowa and gave it to descendants of slaves they would be pissed too. don't you think ?

2. This action has no effect on OPEC. None. As has been reported since the beginning of the high gas prices in the US, the US is the biggest consumer of OPEC oil and its share of OPEC oil is growing.

3. Surround China ? You must have been drinking for this. Maybe you ought to look at a map. If you had said Iran then you would have been correct.

4. There is no measurable oil in Afghanistan. Natural gas. It's only been written about a 1000 times since Karzai (who will be ousted when the US leaves) used to head UNOCAL. The big natural gas pipeline deal was supposed to happen but that got f-ed up by the Bush admin too.

5. This is true but a stupid means of achieving it. It gaurantees that catasrophic events like 9-11 on US soil will occur.

The bad part is that the american public has no clue that a couple attacks on key strategic points could cripple the country making their way of life hellish.

Could you imagine life in america without cars ? There would be a countrywide riots where it's every man for himself.

Negotiating (like with Iran) or avoiding terrorist events by not hiring the Usama's of the world to do your dirty work is the answer.

6. This actually is the biggest cause of terrorism. This is the concept that Bin Laden talks about in his speeches.

I agree it isn't about the vile ugly stuff you state but the government sure allows the american people to run with it.