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Reader comment on item: Instability and Conflict in the Middle East: People, Petroleum and Security Threats

Submitted by Madi (United States), Jan 26, 2003 at 03:37

The Middle East is in very bad need of men and women with visions of the future for their people. They must be elected by the people, not by their families or the army.

All the Middle East countries right now are like cattle farms, owned and run by families. Each farm has its own branded cows. all the owners of these farms have herd-like mentality.

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