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**AutocadOemM** · 08-29-2012, 10:31 PM

It's probably a perspective thing, but governments throughout the world have used a similar excuse.

Irish men and women were cut down for supposedly harboring IRA fugitives.

I don't think it's justifiable to cut down civilians in a bid to track down what the US labels a terrorist minority.

I would agree that it's a perspective thing. Still, we would gladly let the Pakistani government handle this if it was capable of doing so, but they simply aren't.

I also do not recall issues in the middle east being in such a state prior to the US arrival.

Several things come to mind. First, Israel. The border disputes involved with them have occurred ever since 1948. That is a legacy of England's intervention. America didn't get that involved with Israel until much later down the road.

Second, the Crusades. There is a long history of conflict between the West and the Middle East. The USSR was also a factor for a while during the last century.

So, while our interventions have escalated certain situations, we're certainly not the originator of the chaos that seems to always be present in at least part of the Middle East and South Asia at any given time.

Also, Europeans drew up a lot of the borders that exist today.

08-29-2012, 10:31 PM	#23
AutocadOemM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 532 Senior Member	It's probably a perspective thing, but governments throughout the world have used a similar excuse. Irish men and women were cut down for supposedly harboring IRA fugitives. I don't think it's justifiable to cut down civilians in a bid to track down what the US labels a terrorist minority. I would agree that it's a perspective thing. Still, we would gladly let the Pakistani government handle this if it was capable of doing so, but they simply aren't. I also do not recall issues in the middle east being in such a state prior to the US arrival. Several things come to mind. First, Israel. The border disputes involved with them have occurred ever since 1948. That is a legacy of England's intervention. America didn't get that involved with Israel until much later down the road. Second, the Crusades. There is a long history of conflict between the West and the Middle East. The USSR was also a factor for a while during the last century. So, while our interventions have escalated certain situations, we're certainly not the originator of the chaos that seems to always be present in at least part of the Middle East and South Asia at any given time. Also, Europeans drew up a lot of the borders that exist today.
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