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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I realize that. But I stand by my statement. I'm not a fan or defender of Saudi Arabia...and I can't imagine any American would be. My point is that our little bubble here in the States IS a shining beacon of freedom...and most Americans are primarily concerned with their own little world and their own rights and security.

[b]The fact that our government is in bed with dictators, oppressors and thugs is disappointing, but it doesn't have an obvious impact on the daily lives of Americans.
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More specifically: Americans don't have to adhere to bizarre religious laws; people aren't stoned or flogged or beheaded or crucified (and the death penalty is thankfully on it's way out the door); women aren't property (and we can drive!); gay people aren't incarcerated or thrown off buildings (that just happened the other day thanks to ISIS). I could go on and on, but I think you catch the drift.

Again, I hear what you are saying about our international allies and politics...but I think some of those unfortunate partnerships are necessary for American interest until the rest of the world is capable of accepting societal norms and living peacefully despite religious differences. [/quote]

That's where you are wrong. You think the US foreign policy doesn't impact your national security? The effects of of our foreign policy is the best advertisement for Al-Quaeda & IS. You think that drones unilaterally sent in some parts of the world killing innocent civilians will not come to haunt you when those children grow up and come to "avenge" their country? families?  A drone strike kills your entire family and someone from a cell contacts you promising you revenge for your entire family , how easy would it be for someone who has nothing to lose to fall for this?

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What Americans do not often remember, I think, is that there was a time when the United States was well loved across the Middle East.  Granted, it was before 1948, but there are still important lessons to be learned from that.  The United States was seen across the Levant as a former colonial subject, who had thrown off the yoke of their British oppressor.  The US was seen as an example of what Middle Eastern states could some day become, as evidenced by the findings of the King Crane Commission during the summer of 1919. It really wasn't until the United States was the first country in the world to recognize the new state of Israel, in face of the displacement of millions of Palestinians and the destruction of their hopes for an independent state, that support for the United States began to wane.  Even after 1948, opinions of the US were still relatively high.  It would take decades of the United States arming Israel, blocking United Nations Security Council Resolutions, supporting Israeli settlement policies which would continue to weaken Palestinian hopes of ever reaching a state of self-governance,before Arabs in particular and the Middle East in general began to turn against the United States.  The plight of the Palestinians has long been the central call to justice for fundamentalists from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Assad regime in Syria, the Iranian regime and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini in particular, the Mujahhadin in Afghanistan, Al-Quaeda in the Maghrib and the list goes on.  I truly believe that the unconditional support of the United States for Israel and Israeli policies has been the single biggest undermining factor of US national security, it continues to be, and will continue to be for as long as the status-quo remains intact. [/quote][/quote]

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