On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Mike Dougherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com" target="_blank">msd001@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">>> So you think the USA is trying to "subdue the Middle East" for good and noble reasons .<br>
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<div class="im">> Hell no; for purely selfish and ignoble reasons.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>Good, your response was clear and unambiguous, then logically you must believe in one of 2 things:<br><br>1) Wanting Western Civilization to continue is purely selfish and ignoble.<br>
<br>2) Eliminating the oil from the Middle East will not cause the fall of Western Civilization, so the reason it tries so hard to "subdue the Middle East" remains a mystery.<br><br>So which do you believe? I hope you can give another clear and unambiguous answer. <br>
<br> John K Clark<br><br><br></div></div>