Ken Fortenberry wrote in
y.com:

Scott Seidman wrote:

I don't feel safe yet, but I hope I'll feel safer when the
governments in the Middle East stop whipping thier populations into
terrorist frenzies to hide the fact that they're not well off because
their governments are robbing them.

I devoutly believe that when the population in that part of the world
feels as if they're part of the government of the world, instead of
the targets of governments in the world, we'll all be safer.
Bringing the seeds of democracy to the region is one way to try to
bring this about.

Installing western style democracies in the Middle East is
paternalistic, patronizing and wrongheaded. Cutting through all the
self-serving crap about benevolence and liberation, there are only two
reasons to put US military in that region. The first is oil and the
second is zionism, one smacks of imperialism and the other of racism.
The first best place to install a western style democracy is in
Palestine.


Why would Palestine be the place? What makes democracy right for them, but
wrong for the rest of the countries in the region?

If the monarchies in the region actually wanted a democratic Palestine, it
would be there already! They'd rather keep their people in line by
constantly pointing at the Palestinian plight than have the situation
resolved. That might not be as big an obstacle as Israel, but it's still
right up there.

Oil is certainly a prime motivator. Oil is the main reason for us to pay
attention to the region. Like it or not, instability in the region is
clearly a threat to the western world, not just us, because of the oil
concerns. You can make believe that such instability would only affect
rich oil magnates from Texas, but it wouldn't be true. It could change our
lives.

Scott