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    Default All true, but then, we've played sucker along that

    line numerous times in our history. Penalty of being nice guys. That's fine and we should be like that but we could sure be a bit smarter about it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
    line numerous times in our history. Penalty of being nice guys. That's fine and we should be like that but we could sure be a bit smarter about it...


    I don't think that we're in the Middle East because we're "nice guys."


    The Middle East serves our economic strategic interest ... the question is "how much of this interest are we willing to take?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firestaller View Post
    I don't think that we're in the Middle East because we're "nice guys."


    The Middle East serves our economic strategic interest ... the question is "how much of this interest are we willing to take?"

    both counts with only a slight tilt toward your version. I think a far better question is "why did our lack of strategic vision allow this to come to pass?"

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