I export and import clothing for the last 36 years. Most of the comments thrown at you relate to working around the MIddle East in the 70s when what you see now was in its infancy, and it occasionally got a bit hairy. The core of what I keep trying to say to you is that you get fed large amounts of biased information in the Western media and images you receive give you a grossly distorted view. The jews have always been very good at promoting the cause of Israel and belittling Arabs and painting them as hysterical nutters, whereas the Arabs have never understood the nature of PR, and the West now instinctively ,and unnecessarily, fears Islam, which suits Israel nicely. And it is utterly unfair. That is why Palestine is at the centre of all this nonsense that worries you so much. Just about every regime in the Middle East, except Iran and Syria, owes its existence to Western intervention to support Western interests irrespective of the locals. Whether it be Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan , the Gulf States, all of them. The reason that Syria and Iran are hated so much by USA is because it cannot control them, not because they are evil. Whether they are good or evil is irrelevant to USA. All USA cares about is its strategic and economic interests. It does not care if the regime is good or evil. It only cares if it fits USA's interests. That is why USA supported Iraq, knowing full well what a bastard Saddam was, till Saddam mistakenly invaded Kuwait and upset USA's plans. That is why USA was so supportive of the Shah of Iran despite his repressive regime, and that is why USA tried to overturn the Iranian revolution despite its massive (at the time) popular support. Israel, with its huge presence in USA with the Jewish lobby, knows exactly which strings to pull in USA to keep that bias going. I remember watching a TV program on September 12th , the day after 911, where the Israeli Primer Minister was being interviewed. The rest of the world was in shock, but Israeli officials went into overdrive. He could scarcely comtain his excitemenr at drawing parallels between New York anbd what Israel had to put up with . It was utterly sickening to see the blatant opportunism at a t ime of tragedy for the Americans. But they knew exactly what to do. JUst like now. Israel fears Iran and fears Syria. So it makes damned sure that we do too.

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