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Originally Posted by marketsmart
i have to disagree...
the middle east is a very unstable region.. we go to war there to protect corporate interests like oil and other raw materials..
when the oil is gone, there will be no more war in the middle east... 
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The instability of the Middle East though lies in the support that the US gives Israel which draws a sharp division between two groups of people: those that support the US (the minority) and those that are against the US (the majority). The US and Israel pour money into the minorities to make them look bigger and up until recently they have been in power. But now we are seeing these uprisings as the majority is sick of these US propped puppet leaders.
Arabs aren't monsters, and they are open to trading with the rest of the world. The issue is that the United States' support for Israel makes enemies of those Arabs and therefore the idea of selling fuel to your enemy isn't so alluring to them.