Quote Originally Posted by Chloe View Post
I don't really see it as appeasing anybody it's just more of just trying to see things from a different point of view, kind of like stepping outside of your body for a minute I guess. If there are people that hate us and our country and they spell it out for us what they hate but yet we continue to do what they hate and in some cases double down on it then why should we be surprised when they turn that into a cause worth fighting and dying for?
Well I would simply eliminate the need for oil and switch to an alcohol economy. Then the Middle East would have no strategic importance whatsoever. It would turn America into a manufacturing powerhouse and it would stop the flow of money to the Middle East.