So what in your opinion should we do? Do you have a solution to this volatile region that is part of our global economy? This is a very touchy situation and the only people who really know what is going on are the people who have to handle these situations every day. So tell me what you think we should do.
I actually DO have a solution, and one in which I think liberals would find surprisingly positive politically.
My solution is to get out of every single country in the ME, except one.....Israel. I would get out of Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan entirely. Double our troop size in Israel. Withdraw ALL funding from Middle Eastern Countries, and let them live under the leaders they've elected. We simply walk away from them, taking our charity, our foreign aid, our trade agreements, our disaster relief, and our democracy with us.
I don't think anything short of nuclear war scares these people anymore. But I do think a total American abscence from the region would scare the peace loving people more than anything else.
We withdraw under these circumstances: 1. No more foreign aid to your governments and countries. 2. Any attack against America will be met with MILITARY action. Not boots on the ground, not peace keepers, but drones and warships and bombers. No aid afterwards either. No rebuilding, no new schools, no rebuilding of roads and hospitals. 3. Any attack against our ally Israel will also be met with MILITARY action. 4. If you wish to act and react like a civilized society, then we can talk about foreign aid and trade agreements, but not before then.
What good is it doing us by giving these people billions upon billions of US dollars? Is it making us safer? I don't see any proof of that. Is it keeping them from attacking us? I don't see any proof of that either. Despite the billions of dollars that are given to these countries, they still semi-cooperate with terrorist organizations all the time. Case and point is the Pakistani government. Even Hillary Clinton accused them of aiding Bin Laden mulitiple times. And they are supposedly our ally? Muslim Brotherhood is the same way. They are demanding the release of the Blind Sheikh, and what is grotesque, is that the Obama administration is working on a deal to have him released.
Is it a "touchy" situation? Yes. But the only kind of diplomacy they know is strength wins a diplomatic situation. Ronald Reagan was right, as was Teddy Roosevelt. Either way you wanna phrase it, "peace through strength", or "walk softly but carry a big stick". Or perhaps you would accept Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on American foreign policy, when he likened America to the rattle snake? He described America's military as a rattle snake, that first, a rattlesnake warns you with his tail. But if you persist, and invade his space or interests, he would strike with a deadly, venomous bite.
It saddens me to say, that while liberals are plenty good at rattling their rattles, they have lost their ability to bite their enemies. Russia sees this, China, Iran, North Korea, and all the other Islamic terrorist organizations that are out there plotting against the West and Israel. Israel's greatest deterrent is their willingness to "do", not just talk.
The 6 day war of 1967 illustrates what I'm saying precisely. Egypt, Jordan, and Syria had been threatening Israel for quite some time, and on June 5, Israel launched a surprise attack against all three. The war lasted 6 days, and Israel won a decisive and overwhelming victory where they reclaimed the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza, and East Jerusalem from Jordan. The Arab nations "know" that Israel "will" strike them decisively with their military. The only thing preventing them from doing so in the last couple of years has been the US.
After Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, Arab nations were on notice. Between the years 2001 to 2006, America received more intelligence from Arab nations than ever before. This info was in both Donald Rumsfeld's and Colin Powell's books. Condoleeza Rice has also talked about the cooperation we were getting from Arab nations. Qadafi completely gave up his weapons program during this same time, along with North Korea suspending it's nuclear program for the first time in more than 20 years. Turkey allowed the use of their airfields, and Pakistan was giving us quite a bit of intel. Egypt kept out of all of it, and even promising to support Israel if Iran ever attacked them.
You liberals have no sense of history whatsoever. How on Earth has Israel survived? You think it's by being nice and negotiating their holy lands away to Muslims??? No, they've survived because they made some bombs, and the Arabs know the Jews will use them if necessary. And they've survived because the greatest military in the history of the world has been their ally!
You want peace in the middle east? PUT RADICAL ISLAM ON A PERMANENT LEASH! Ever tried putting a wild dog on a leash? You can't just whistle him over and offer him a treat.....You grab him with a noose, and drag him barking, growling, and slobbering all the way.