reduce income inequality DRAMATICALLY. people aren't doing these things because there isn't enough security. theyre doing it because they hate. they hate their life, they hate how your life effects theirs. its a mental disease. start raising kids in a society free from economic slavery and the killings will stop. poverty is the main cause of crime.

Wasn't Bin Laden one of the richest people in the Middle East?

The real problem is America has made countries like Iran, and Iraq dangerous by making them rich. They turn the money they get from their oil, into weapons and become threats. Had America developed alternative energy long ago (and we could have) we wouldn't have these problems. But we had greedy politicians that took money from the petrolium industry, allowed the auto makers and oil companies to continue business as usual. We should all (or most anyway) be driving solar or electric cars and telling the oil producing countries to keep their oil...we don't need it. Then the money stops as does the production/purchase of weapons. But the auto industry doesn't want us driving electric cars. They require far less maintainance. They don't just want to sell us cars, they make a great deal of their money in maintaining cars and the parts needed for their maintainance. The oil industry surely doesn't want us driving electric or solar powered cars. So they lobby congressmen and senators and do whatever possible to keep things status quo. That has proven to be a very profitable strategy for the petrolium industry. But now so good for national security.

Mental instability knows no economic status.

Interesting well thought out post.

Not really.

America's biggest business partners in terms of governments - Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Egypt (pre-revolution), etc. - are actually its strongest allies in the region. From a state perspective, all are friendly. The threat comes from non-state actors, a point so obvious since 9/11 and earlier that I'm not sure how you missed it.

Edit: The point about the auto industry and energy in/dependence may be valid; I don't know enough to comment but it's interesting to think about.

That stands for "trademark", right?

That stands for "trademark", right?

That was pretty much the whole post.

And I think you're rebuttal to the first part assumes quite a bit. Its not that threats come only from non state actors. Also, there is the whole harboring terrorists thing. Not everyone considers all those nations to be friendly.

turd muncher.

reduce income inequality DRAMATICALLY. people aren't doing these things because there isn't enough security. theyre doing it because they hate. they hate their life, they hate how your life effects theirs. its a mental disease. start raising kids in a society free from economic slavery and the killings will stop. poverty is the main cause of crime.

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