[ExI] riots again

[Stefano Vaj]

On 2 October 2012 04:16, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > So you think the USA is trying to "subdue the Middle East" for good and
> > noble reasons .....
>
> Hell no; for purely selfish and ignoble reasons.
>

Interesting issue.

Let us split it into its components:
- Is US policy in the M-E "noble"?
- Is US policy in the M-E good in some moral terms or other?
- Is US policy in the M-E good for the interest of the US government and/or
regime?
- Is US policy in the M-E good for the interest of the US?

I am inclined to answer "no" to *all* of those questions, but I do not
think one's answer must necessarily be one and the same to all of them.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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