Originally Posted by Buyimports2
Finally? When was our government not screwed up? I love how bush just slipped in the Iraq war at a time when people would think it had to do with terrorism. I garantee there are still people out there who think the iraq war is all about anti-terrorism.
Polls show that individuals that only watch FOX news have been found to be missinformed on factual occurances in this occupation (war
) in Iraq along with many other topics - I think you're on to something
Many people don't realize this but 80% of Fortune 500 companies have invested $billions in Dubai...Microsoft, IBM, Boeing, GE, you get the idea. Now why would all of these corporations invest in a little "Vegas stlye (if you will)" city ..? Not only is Dubai too small to support such an investment, but the UAE is too small of a country to be investing all of this time and money.
The future plans of the corporate west is to create an infrostructure that basically westernizes the middle east. Bush proposed the MEFTA a couple of years back. MEFTA, the Middle East Free Trade Agreement is what is fueling this war. The US has no time for Easterners that disagree with our policies and philosophies so they shove westernization down the middle easts throat. We are basically telling them to comply with the way how we do things or there is hell to pay...thus, creating angry groups of american hating individuals, terrorists, and fuel that could potentially set the stage to a world war.
Globalization is fine, but forcing it on societies that we don't understand and will never take the time to understand is not.
*Edit - If your interested in the 80% of Fortune 500 companies investing in the Middle East and MEFTA, click this link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13305309/
Eighty percent of Fortune 500 companies have at least some presence in Dubai. “They're not here for Dubai. Dubai is not big enough for them. ...
I'm working on multiple projects for a specific investor and have listened to a lot of what is really going on in the middle east from him and a local (R)congressman. We part severly as far as politics go, but it is interesting to have somewhat of an inside to our involvement in the Middle East.