Recent questions tagged middle east

Description : If Russia invades Ukraine, would it be a good and timely moment for various Middle Eastern countries to invade Iran and get rid of the ayatollahs?

Last Answer : There’s no good time for another stupid war – In the Mid East or in Europe.

Description : Did anyone seriously think that the US 20-year adventure in Afghanistan was going to end in any other way?

Last Answer : I was just starting to ask a similar question. I am conflicted. I think we should never have gone in there and we definitely shouldn't have stayed 20 years. We seem to have accomplished ... this on either the Democrats or the Republicans, they were all complicit in the prosecution of this war.

Description : Have you heard of NAS Daily? Do you follow his updates on Facebook?

Last Answer : I’ve seen some of them – I think maybe ones you’ve posted? I don’t think he can change the world alone but I think maybe if there are many bridge building efforts things can be changed. At the moment, I think things look very dark for Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Description : Did the west pee in the middle east's cereal?

Last Answer : The west has been messing with them for a hundred years. And it isn’t just one thing, it is over and over.

Description : Do you know how or why a US soldier was killed "in action" for the first time since the official withdrawal of US troops in Iraq?

Last Answer : The Administration last year announced the supplying of combat advisors and personnel to support the development of Iraqi response to ISIS. This is not unknown or unreported. While it is sad to lose a serviceman in combat, it is not a surprise that US troops are in harm’s way.

Description : Is anyone really surprised that the US has been spying on Israeli military communications for decades?

Last Answer : answer:Oh puhleeze . Everyone is spying on everyone else. Israel makes fantastic equipment to do the job and have been monitoring us as well! No big deal. China has one of the best and most ... and is [redacted] the father. That leak would have disastrous consequences on [redacted] and [redacted]..

Description : With millions already displaced and seeking asylum in the Middle East, where will Finland, Sweden and Germany deport 10's of thousands of refugees already in Europe [Detail/link]?

Last Answer : answer:They will get a free ride back to where they came from. Swedish Migration Minister Morgan Johansson said authorities faced a difficult task in deporting such large numbers, but insisted failed asylum seekers had to return home.

Description : What do countries do to handle what happened in Germany to those women on New Years?

Last Answer : answer:WTH? I knew nothing about this. If they are assaulting women and aren’t citizens, ship them out. Ship out the actual criminals, not every immigrant from the same place as the criminals. Is this really true?

Description : If it wasn't for oil, would North America really care about the turmoil in the Middle East?

Last Answer : No. They don’t care about turmoil in Africa…

Description : How is this for a long-term conspiracy on the part of oil companies and the arms industries?

Last Answer : answer:Replace oil company with multinational corporations and you have the idea of New World Order. A global government controlled by corporations. The expansion of the corporate empire built by the country of the United States. “Order out of chaos.” Silent weapons for quiet wars.

Description : Who is claiming all the property left behind by the Syrian refugees?

Last Answer : answer:That 6 million number is as of the end of 2014. The EU estimates there are now 9 million refugees. I do not know the exact answer to your question. I wonder how much they actually left behind. Have they left anything worth claiming?

Description : The Saudis air strikes on Yemen are so brutal as to be considered by some as war crimes, will the US say anything or intervene as in Yugoslavia or just keep shipping the Saudi missiles and bombs to allow them to keep doing possible war crimes?

Last Answer : answer: war crime is a term that is hardly defined by anyone. It's one of those words that is thrown out for publicity and headlines. Right or wrong is sort of irrelevant in international relations. ... the aid of. All there is-two tribes. No other country really cares about what happens to Yemen.

Description : Geopolitical hardball. Saudi Arabia is fighting a war in Yemen against Iranian-backed Yemenis. Which side will Israel support? Which side will the US support?

Last Answer : I don’t know how many people in this forum will be mindful of who Milo Minderbinder is in this regard, but I suspect that we might steal a page from his playbook here and subcontract with each side to bomb the other.

Description : Believe what you want, but I believe the arms race during the Reagan administration was aimed to financially cripple Russia and it worked, my question are the conflicts in Iraq and the middle east, true aim to financially cripple the U.S?

Last Answer : answer:@SQUEEKY2 - with all respect, I disagree. If you're correct about the mideast conflicts trying to bankrupt the US, then: - who or what country is behind it? - this wouldn't be a ... US (2007-2013) was simple greed on the part of big banks and financial institutions. We screwed ourselves.

Description : Will you comment on this article about the Palestinian people and the history of Palestine?

Last Answer : answer:The article tosses its credibility into the toilet at the very outset. Palestine has existed for better than 2000 years. The Romans created the region as an object lesson after suppressing ... . It is this demographic fact that renders the country's long term prospects beyond problematic.

Description : Will someone explain, as briefly as possible, what the deal is in the Middle East?

Last Answer : I’M RIGHT. No, I’m right. Because I’m right, I’m bombing you. Then I’m bombing you, too.

Description : Have you seen this video regarding U.S & the Middle East?

Last Answer : The woman’s voice drives me crazy, but the comments on the bottom are interesting. As for the facts in the video, I’d need to see citations to believe all of it.

Description : If the Syrian rebels are aided by Al Qaeda, doesn’t that make anyone aiding the rebels de facto Al Qaeda supporters?

Last Answer : The enemy of my enemy is my enemy too. I agree; it is a sorry mess.

Description : Do you believe the Syrian chemical attack to be a false flag?

Last Answer : The thing about gas warfare is the collateral damage. You can’t control where the gas goes or who it affects. That’s why it’s so horrendous.

Description : How many predominantly Islamic nations does the US have to invade before Muslims finally realize we mean them no harm?

Last Answer : answer:@ETpro - you have the motivations all wrong. Consider that during the Bush years, and now in the Obama years, the pro-israel lobby has been exceedingly powerful, both on the media and in various ... 's advantage. And if that meant invading a couple of Arab countries well, too damn bad .

Description : Should the following filmmaker be applauded as a free-speech hero, or should he suffer? ?

Last Answer : Other. He should never have shown that video in Libya. That doesn't mean he shouldn't have made it. He could have shown it where it would be watched with some degree of equanimity, though it sounds very hateful ... If you can't say something nice but it's not. It's more like Choose your battles.

Description : Is it true that some Eastern cultures don't find bodily functions rude?

Last Answer : answer:Turn the question around.\ Why do western' cultures' find natural body functions offensive? We all fart, we all burp - it is the most natural thing in the world, and everyone, everywhere, does ... things seen as offensive? They shouldn't be, any more than eating or sleep. Nature is nature.

Description : Does Kaddafi serve as an anti-incentive for Akmadinajad and Kim Jong-Il?

Last Answer : I swear I tried to understand this one, to no avail – and are you calling Nuclear weapons “hunks”?

Description : Do you know of any contemporary Arabic musicians?

Last Answer : answer:“Mo’ Rockin’”, who play at the Moroccan pavilion in Walt Disney World’s Epcot. I am always impressed by their performance. And I still have no idea what is that instrument on the left. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkkOdE17YI

Description : Why are Middle Eastern Governments suddenly toppling?

Last Answer : People will only put up with injustice for so long. I still can’t believe there are places where women aren’t allowed to drive. Can you believe some human is controlling the life of another human due to a god damn chromosome!? The amount of inequality on this planet is confounding!!!!

Description : How likely is it that there will be retaliation from Al Qaeda?

Last Answer : They’ve come close to achieving their objectives: we’re exhausted, with our economy in tatters and deeply in hock to the Chinese and the Gulf States. We’ll be gone from these lands soon enough. If they were really wise, they should be switching their concerns to China.

Description : Osama Bin Laden is dead, who believe that Al Qaeda will disolve and cease to be effective?

Last Answer : It will not go away, they will appoint a new head terrorists

Description : Are there any key documents made regarding Afghanistan?

Last Answer : Homework?

Description : What stalled progress in North Africa and the Middle East?

Last Answer : answer:I googled “Islamic Golden Age” and got just over 1,000,000 hits. I googled “myth of islamic golden age” and got 1,900,000 hits. Maybe you’re focused on the wrong side of the myth.

Description : What do you think the revolutions in the Arab world are about?

Last Answer : answer:People think they can finally get rid of corruption. They can finally stop being afraid to speak their minds. They can finally get economic opportunity. They can finally stop being so afraid. At least, that’s what I think they are hoping for and believe they have won.

Description : What do you think when you hear about a horror in the world today, such as Afghanian women burning themselves to death?

Last Answer : I just feel so helpless and it drives me into a stupor for a bit, hearing something like that. Yesterday, I sat for an hour crying after reading, yet again, about systematic rape in DRC. It ... about seeing their children raped it makes me picture my children being raped, it makes me want to die.

Description : How many US companies are ripping off the government while in the Middle East?

Last Answer : All of them.

Description : Are you worried about Iran's nuclear developments?

Last Answer : Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if Israel destroys Iran's nuclear power plant, much like they did with Iraq's and Syria's. But yes, I think this a a potentially dangerous issue which unfortunately seems that ... down the line, we expand the War on Terror to Iran, then it'll get ugly very fast.

Description : Obviously my country is different from most Western nations, but a camel in the street, an old man and his donkey... what scenes from your town make you think "Banana Republic" or "Old World"?

Last Answer : Chemicals turning the snow black from the chemical plants.

Description : US forces will be leaving Afghanistan in what year now?

Last Answer : When our dependency on oil is through. Id say in a 10–15 years, when a large amount of vehicles run on electricity/hydrogen, we will no longer care about the middle-east.

Description : Would you consider the Abassid Dynasty (the time between 759 and 1258) to be a reennaisance in middle eastern history?

Last Answer : So the assignment is to choose a period that is considered a Renaissance and do a report on that period? You are just looking for us to confirm your choice, not do the assignment, right?

Description : Why are we in Afghanistan? Searching for the Boogie Man or guarding the opium?

Last Answer : I’ve been wondering that myself!!! I have absolutely no clue so I’m going to go with your opium theory.

Description : In what ways are child marriages ethical and moral?

Last Answer : None come to mind.

Description : Where do specific gas stations import their oil from?

Last Answer : BP doesn’t have a presence in middle east oil production because in 1979, Khomeni seized all of their assets ending their 70 year presence. Their statement is true, but wasn’t a choice they made. They do have a blotchy history with respect to integrity and environmental issues. Read about it here BP

Description : Is peace in the Middle East possible in our lifetime?

Last Answer : I highly doubt it. I think about the great strides people have made in the US over the last 50 years or so in terms of acceptance and tolerance and it gives me hope, but I don’t think things will move so quickly there. I hope I am wrong.

Description : Should America continue to give economic, military and political support to Israel, Egypt or anybody else in the middle east?

Last Answer : Yes because as the oil supply dwindles we need to make sure that we are still able to access the supply at fair market prices. The situation may in fact get more and more volatile in the years to come ... we need to assure that we can still function. And the way to do that is with money and arms.

Description : Will the assassination of Hezbollah's Head of Operations Mugniyeh retard any prospects of peace between Israel and Palestine?

Last Answer : Until it is no longer profitable for the U.S. and U.K. to fund and maintain war in the middle east there is no hope for peace.

Description : How many of you can honestly say you are afraid of terrorism?

Last Answer : I don’t worry about it. The odds are better that I will be hit by a car when I ride my bike to the store. It is actually really sad if someone is walking around everyday worrying about.