>>> delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU 10/13/00 09:57PM >>>
> >>> delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU 10/13/00 07:05PM >>>
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>It's *much* more complicated than that. The U.S. security interest in
>the Middle East is to keep the oil flowing, as Secretary Marshall
>said to President Truman.
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>Cb: What's complicated about that ? Any political economist can
>understand that.
Yes. But support for Israel doesn't help accomplish that...
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CB: Yea, you're right.