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Originally posted by Rudey
And what exactly is it that makes you believe that?
-Rudey
--The school bell is ringing!
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First, what school bell? Are you trying to teach something...I missed that, sorry.
Second, what exactly makes me believe that? I would say that it is primarily based upon what I feel and believe. I have never agreed to the U.S. support for Israel. In all honesty, I don't feel it is the position of the U.S. to be involved in a deeply rooted religious battle.
The main reason I object to U.S. support of Israel would be the 9/11 attack. I feel that Americans were targeted in this attack and many others in the recent past because of our hardline stance on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Agreed, there could be other reasons that indirectly led to some of these terrorist attack. Yet, when I hear objections by Osama Bin Laden, commanding the U.S. to withdraw support from Isreal and to convince Israel to "leave the holy land," I tend to form my primary reason(s).
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There is a time and a place for everthing and I feel that for the safety and welfare of American soldiers, American citizens and American money, we leave this conflict alone. I feel that sometimes the United States spreads forces and aid out to more places that is needed/is accepted.
Hell, I won't even go into the debate of U.S. aid that was given to various European countries during WWII. France for one hasn't even strated to pay the INTEREST that it owes to the U.S. government. We help countries out and it feels that we get taken advantage of more times than not. And when all else fails, blame the Americans, they were here, they did anything but help.
We could go on and on about how Americans are viewed in certain countries but that could get long and very tiresome.