tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post7901462879356931241..comments2024-03-28T02:24:37.733-05:00Comments on Flight Plan: I'm not feelin' the loveLowandslowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-33279301826893267692015-09-01T19:45:56.014-05:002015-09-01T19:45:56.014-05:00Not pretty, is it? Can you see anarchy on the hor...Not pretty, is it? Can you see anarchy on the horizon, too? Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-34200566413368421252015-09-01T19:42:26.684-05:002015-09-01T19:42:26.684-05:00Like Joe, I've got nothing. All I know is that...Like Joe, I've got nothing. All I know is that Germany has their vocal right wingers who now shout that "illegal Muslim immigrants get more financial help than unemployed German citizens." Sound familiar? <br /><br />I think our meddling in Iraq will cause problems more widespread than we ever could have imagined,Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-26106179493751780432015-09-01T19:22:33.100-05:002015-09-01T19:22:33.100-05:00That's an understatement!That's an understatement!<br />Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-38874959899888526032015-09-01T19:20:45.856-05:002015-09-01T19:20:45.856-05:00Sadly, I think you're right. It's hard......Sadly, I think you're right. It's hard....virtually impossible, actually....to un-screw something, geopolitically at least.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-85150734581475876612015-09-01T19:18:43.910-05:002015-09-01T19:18:43.910-05:00Correct. But don't forget, the French were co...Correct. But don't forget, the French were complicit, too. I've always said the boundaries drawn up by the victors in WWI were totally arbitrary and ignored the ethnic realities you mentioned. I do, however, take exception with you regarding our support for Israel. All things considered, they are our only true (?) friend in the region. While I do have problems with some of their policies, they still seem the most sane ones in the region, and IMHO, because of that, deserve our support.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-56286265807837876272015-09-01T14:56:33.557-05:002015-09-01T14:56:33.557-05:00The time has long passed to stay out of the Middle...The time has long passed to stay out of the Middle East. Religious and ethnic disputes (and wars) will never end there. No matter who controls the oil, we will pay.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426646958382800630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-7071622564179182932015-09-01T14:30:20.244-05:002015-09-01T14:30:20.244-05:00I blame much of this on Britain, who carved up thi...I blame much of this on Britain, who carved up this region after WWI, ignoring tribal and ethnic concerns. The Kurds were denied their own country and scattered into four separate ones, and they aren't welcome anywhere. If not for Ataturk, Turkey would also have been sliced up to suite the needs of the British. Our supporting the Shaw and his secret police didn't endear us to the Arab world, nor does our blatant support for Israel, even when Israel's needs don't coincide with ours.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435235471457118706.post-67594552960827547182015-09-01T10:14:30.419-05:002015-09-01T10:14:30.419-05:00I've got nothing. Backward regimes in a civil...I've got nothing. Backward regimes in a civilized world equal a real mess.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com