They expected it because we told them we would help, then we half ass helped, then we bailed when shit got inconvenient. Our "problems" weren't quite as pressing as their humanitarian crisis...and we're more than capable of walking while chewing bubble gum. Ultimately, it's going to be yet another middle eastern albatross hung around our necks.
@Thump
I was speaking to TGBs contention that the 6th century has something to do with why there are islamists hating the west today. I agree that the bit with protecting BP in Iran is a better example of why we have trouble in the region than the crusades. The only thing I disagree with you on is which meters of soil are worth pints of blood. All of them, any meter in which stands a person who could use our help. That, however, is an ideological disagreement and one where the disparity between our points of view is understandable and probably intractable.
@Thump
I was speaking to TGBs contention that the 6th century has something to do with why there are islamists hating the west today. I agree that the bit with protecting BP in Iran is a better example of why we have trouble in the region than the crusades. The only thing I disagree with you on is which meters of soil are worth pints of blood. All of them, any meter in which stands a person who could use our help. That, however, is an ideological disagreement and one where the disparity between our points of view is understandable and probably intractable.
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