Decus
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Note to self: never waste time arguing with a person who thinks there is stability in the Middle East with the US involvement there.You don't understand international relations; our security depends on the security of our friends and allies. One example: the US has a large naval base in Bahrain, right in the middle of the Arabian Gulf. Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, & Saudi are all friends and allies. Iran, and now Syria, threaten the stability of the Middle East. Russia being a friend, ally and supporter of Iran, a state which threatens to destabilize the entire region, threatens the US because it threatens our friends and allies, & as well, it puts the naval base in Bahrain at risk. It is not at all irrelevant that Syria, Iran and China are allied with Russia. It doesn't matter whether or not YOU give a shit about Eastern Europe, the Ukraine and the Crimea. Overall world security and stability have an effect on the US. You are a very silly person if you think the stability or instability of other parts of the world have no effect on the US.
There is stability in the Middle East. I have spent 4 1/2 years living and working in the ME. You know nothing about the stability of the region.
Teaching English as a private tutor to a few people qualifies a person to conclusively assess and determine geopolitical dynamics? Seriously, your talents are needed at the State Department.
Some "less qualified" people seem to have a different view:
"The political dynamics and violence that shape the current series of crises in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and daily events in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and Yemen dominate the current course of virtually every aspect of these states including much of the current course of violence and instability in the region."
The Underlying Causes of Stability and Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: An Analytic Survey | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Fun fact - the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Board of Trustees Chairman is former Democratic Senator Sam Nunn.
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