Originally posted by plawrence:
[quote]Originally posted by Double-J:
[b]I think though, the United States is willing to take Islamic nations that are friendly to the U.S., even if it means sacrificing the values we stand for. It isn't unprecedented.
I don't understand the above. I think you may have "mis-wrote" something there. [/b][/quote]Rewriting...
The U.S. is willing to ally with nations who don't have the same ideas of plurality and democracy in exchange for economic ties or political stability in a region (read: Batista's Cuba, Somoza's Nicaragua, etc.)
