War with Syria and the supposed "red line"

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Oil is power. The Arabs know it and keep trying to attain this resource so there is always never ending conflict in the area. The regimes will always come and go because they are too busy thinking of different reasons on why faction "A" should be in charge instead of faction "B". The cost of losing/gaining the influence of oil is too great that they begin to fight over it with deadly consequences using any manner of excuses to attain it. That whole area is bat crazy.

Too many people there seem to fight for gain and not prosperity. To be truly prosperous they need to work together, but after centuries of petty war, it seems that it is all but impossible. Children are born and raised to fight to gain what they want instead of seeing what the others can provide to help. Here is an example...

Osama Bin Laden: Mujahadeen hero that accepted assistance from the USA to repel the Soviets in Afghanistan. Gained fame and glory among the Muslim people after their victory. Iraq invades Kuwait and his home nation of Saudi Arabia fears that they will not stop there. They call for aid. Bin Laden shows up saying that his holy warriors will repel the Iraqi invasion to protect their holy land. Saudi Arabia decides that his Mujahadeen is not the proper choice for the task and opts for the western powers to defend them. Bin Laden loses his chance at new glory and begins to warp the Koran stating that infidels were trespassing on holy lands and begins his jihad.

He could have easily fought alongside the coalition to protect his holy land and been a hero. Instead, he leaves the defense up to the Western Powers while he mopes and does nothing to protect the holy land from Iraq. Then he claims that the holy land was being trespassed on. If he truly cared about the holy land, why the wasn't he fighting with us?


The Arab nations keep themselves weak because they have no idea how to work together. They are always looking to achieve something, but go about it the wrong way. When they gain power, they abuse it to maintain it. Why in the world should the US HAVE to be the ones to intervene? Shouldn't it be another Arab nation that does it? It is obvious that the political ties with the Middle east aren't exactly good right now, so why push it further? They should be able to help themselves since they have the resources to do so. This is a never ending cycle. If we go there, it will only prompt the Assad people to use the Koran to commit terrorist plots against the "infidel". I say let them kill each other. When it seems that they will not be getting ANY help from ANYONE but themselves, then maybe their petty issues will resolve themselves in time. If we help and put who we believe is right on the throne in Syria, will the Arab people really believe that the USA means well? It is just a way for the "infidel" to manipulate their resources. I say... THEM!!! Let them work it out on their own.

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What kind of Arab nation can sit back and watch this happen and not intervene? What does that say about them? Are they really even worth helping???