On 15 sept. 07, at 00:20, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
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>> On 14 sept. 07, at 23:43, Robert Wrubel wrote:
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>>> attract Japan into its orbit. The US today seems
>>> capable of lashing out militarily against anyone who
>>> threatens its last toehold on power, oil.
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>> Which is one of the reasons why it is important to find someting "for
>> intellectual reconciliation of Islam and democracy".
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> I don't get that at all. Why?
Because when Islam and democracy are "re-conciliated" in Muslim OPEC countries it will be harder for the US to bomb away the whole Middle East.
That is also likely to strengthen alliances between Middle East countries and The EU, across the Mediterranean sea, which will improve the economic position of the EU and lessen the likeliness of US rogue activities in that area too.
Jean-Christophe
ps: Abe has been hospitalized yesterday for gastric disorders and stress. It looks like he's got a huge financial scandal that is slowly going to engulf him: _massive_ fiscal evasion after he inherited from his father...