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roamer65

(36,748 posts)

1. Oil.

Reply to Seeking Serenity (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 08:02 PM

Oct 2023

That’s the reason we are stuck in this Middle Eastern quagmire.

It’s all about the oil.

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As horrible as it will end up, I think America needs to [View all] Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 OP

Oil. roamer65 Oct 2023 #1

Maybe we add that we're willing to do business with any country Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #5

This is why I enjoy running my Flex Fuel vehicle on E85. roamer65 Oct 2023 #6

roamer65 bdamomma Oct 2023 #22

Don't put me in charge. I'll start by saying we stack all the Bibles, Korans and Torahs outside brewens Oct 2023 #2

I like you. roamer65 Oct 2023 #4

... Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #20

Ummmm. No. boston bean Oct 2023 #3

What good can we do anymore Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #7

"It is time to resolve their conflict on their own".... anciano Oct 2023 #8

Thank you Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #11

No JustAnotherGen Oct 2023 #9

I hate seeing all that! But again, I have to ask Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #10

It does sound horrible to me Progressive dog Oct 2023 #12

Ukraine needs bdamomma Oct 2023 #24

yeh, let's hear it for God's grace in the Middle East NoRethugFriends Oct 2023 #13

"holy land" Skittles Oct 2023 #16

Yeah, what a track record that invisible all-powerful asshole has, huh? Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #21

That's a mighty naive position to take. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #14

Yes. (I'll just leave it at that agreement with you) hlthe2b Oct 2023 #19

Yes, because everything else we've tried has worked SO well Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #23

Sort out the problems for themselves? MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #25

If the US withdraws its support, how long before Israel deploys its nukes? Orrex Oct 2023 #27

I suspect it wouldn't be long at all, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #29

Surely you're not suggesting we get in the middle of another Middle East war? Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #28

I never suggested that, but your "solution" MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #30

Why should that necessarily be? Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #31

So your solution is that the US becomes isolationist? MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #34

And our trying to police the planet has worked so well, too. Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #35

People across the world do not hate us, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #38

And again I ask you: How many wars can we finance/take part in all at once? (N/t) Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Oct 2023 #15

I understand where you're coming from... but at this point, I'd say it'd just slightlv Oct 2023 #17

"May God, in His divine grace, have mercy on us all." Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #18

Being John Lennon birthday, multigraincracker Oct 2023 #26

I never liked that song. Seeking Serenity Oct 2023 #33

See if you can find a link. multigraincracker Oct 2023 #39

It isn't going to happen any time soon ripcord Oct 2023 #32

Never happening budkin Oct 2023 #37