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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Middlessex county, MA
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Sebring77,
Your plan, that I would qualify as isolationism, is unrealistic for one very simple reason: The US can`t leave the middle east alone, because its economy needs their oil. And the dollar is only a strong currency because of that. Leave the arabs alone, and they will start selling their oil in euros, yens, and that will wipe out the dollar. The dollar having no more value, no bank will loan any more money to the US governement. How much is the deficit again ? $440 Bn if I recall correctly...without banks loaning money to bail out the dollar, the entire economy, which is literally a house of cards relying on cheap oil, would collapse. This is why leaving the middle east alone is not feasible. Further, the war on terror is almost...a happy coincidence !
Aurel
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Last edited by Aurel; 10-11-2004 at 06:10 PM..
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