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Entry: What if We Leave the Middle East? (We Won't Be Missed) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/what_if_we_leave_the_middle_east_we_wont_be_missed#31171 Post contents: Leon: I loved the article. I believe the State of Israel more accurately reads the landscape than the More-Catholic-than-the-Pope crowd at AIPAC. There is no Arab counterweight to AIPAC--and no penality--for appeasing them. Hence, the Congressional herd grazes at their conferences. As to the Arab options, the next round of weapons purchases--or refusal to buy weapons-- will give us an accurate measure of how much more time we can stay in the region. If the Arab states don't buy T-bills or weapons, the US economy will not be able to finance a continued pressence in the region. Sent at: 2008 12 02