tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post506150344374532857..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Bilbo's Plan for Peace in the Middle EastBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-83225900332335381062014-07-09T20:02:17.383-04:002014-07-09T20:02:17.383-04:00As long as the rest of the world is dependent on p...As long as the rest of the world is dependent on petroleum, they will be players.Elvis Wearing a Bra on His Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996404654445425458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-29599778370874534802014-07-09T15:01:30.598-04:002014-07-09T15:01:30.598-04:00Angel and Andrea have it right - if it wasn't ...Angel and Andrea have it right - if it wasn't for oil, nobody in their right mind would pay any attention to the snakepit that is today's Middle East. Baghdad may once have been the cradle of civilization, but the bough under that cradle broke a long time ago.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-25931189000782867982014-07-09T13:23:38.772-04:002014-07-09T13:23:38.772-04:00Baghdad was once the cradle of civilization. What ...Baghdad was once the cradle of civilization. What happened? Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-45089322864272211672014-07-09T11:27:13.918-04:002014-07-09T11:27:13.918-04:00I say we shun them. The Amish have the right idea...I say we shun them. The Amish have the right idea.<br />KathyAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723937251892708482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-18733460285991285792014-07-09T11:12:39.363-04:002014-07-09T11:12:39.363-04:00I see the Middle East as hopeless and backward. N...I see the Middle East as hopeless and backward. Not a place for a woman to go to.Big Sky Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00946389103423542051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-17356952025421613682014-07-09T10:59:06.118-04:002014-07-09T10:59:06.118-04:00Sadly this might be the only way, and oddly they d...Sadly this might be the only way, and oddly they didn't get along even when oil wasn't an issue :(The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-1273932096393880042014-07-09T09:18:19.403-04:002014-07-09T09:18:19.403-04:00Cultural evolution, when it occurs, has largely pa...Cultural evolution, when it occurs, has largely passed the Middle East by. I wish I had a plan. I'm afraid that as long as oil is a valued commodity, the Middle East will be disproportionately a trouble spot.eViL pOp TaRthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039755407564122331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-68169937592526470912014-07-09T07:45:08.852-04:002014-07-09T07:45:08.852-04:00It would make one hell of a beach, at least!It would make one hell of a beach, at least!Duckbutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878511021628395308noreply@blogger.com