gbaji wrote:
Or do you actually believe that if all the western nations just all stopped buying oil and involving ourselves in the affairs of the ME, that the whole region would become a paradise of peace and love? Really?
They arn't pissed off that you are
buying their oil, or that the West has
involvement in the region. They are pissed off that the West has supported the oppressive, violent dictatorial regimes that have resulted in a living hell for vast numbers of people. Have you
no awareness of whats going on over there
at all?
Its not about 'peace and love'. Its about letting people live their lives with the minimum of intervention and control, free to pursue their own personal happiness. Something you bang on about all the time....but only for 'us' in the West. Those people dont want to spend all their lives struggling to eat, to educate their kids or fighting and dying because thats all they have left.
They want to live their lives to the best of their abilities. The same as me and you. The inate racism that 'we' (generic 'we') in the West have towards those people is what enables their oppression. And as long as we think of them as 'lesser', then their oppression will be continued.
And as can be seen throughout the region atm, they, like us, have a point where they stand up and say 'F
Uck you, we've had enough'.