ALChemy9 Aug 2006

No, my question was how come no one seems to point out that we're there for the same reason Rome, England, and Russia were there to name a few, because the middle east is the trading post of the world. It's the center of three major religions. If you control the middle east almost everyone has to deal with you at some point. If you really want peace in the middle east then pray all these radical religious murderous groups are squashed into oblivion. Maybe then the real civilized people of the middle east can reign and peoples life expectancy will go into the retirement age. Can Bush just come out and say we're also there to block off China and Russia and monitor everything that passes through the middle east because we want to be in control of the global economy? No, of course he can't say that. That might cause WWIII. Remember, you wouldn't be living where you're living if it wasn't for one civilisation invading another and taking control of the place. I'm not reading much about the radical atrocities in Africa or Asia so why is that?. Maybe is it because Bush hasn't taken part in any of it yet? Maybe it is.