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The Middle East : an overview / U.S. pursuit of oil and natural gas resources creates conflict in the Middle East / Water is a major source of conflict in the Middle East / Israeli violence against Palestinians creates conflict in the Middle East / Continuing Palestinian terrorism against Israel creates conflict in the Middle East / Islamic extremism causes terrorist violence in the Middle East / Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq? War has failed / The costs of the Iraq war are astronomical / The Iraq war does not improve U.S. energy security / Permanent U.S. bases in Iraq will only worsen the terrorist threat / The United States can still succeed in Iraq / The 2007 U.S. troop surge in Iraq is making progress / Iraq to protect U.S. interests there / The United States should not abandon Iraq / Can the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be resolved? Israel cannot ignore the Arab peace initiative / The Palestinians are ready for peace if Israel will negotiate / Palestinians desire to destroy Israel prevents a Peaceful Settlement to the Arab-Israeli Conflict / American/Israeli preconditions have blocked the peace process / Israel plans to keep the occupied territories because of their vital water resources / Foreign interests do not want the Arab-Israeli conflict to be resolved / Should the United States be involved with the problems of the Middle East?. The vital interests of the United States are at stake in the Middle East / Only the United States can broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians / The United States should continue to champion democracy in the Middle East / Continued U.S. intervention in the Middle East promotes anti-Americanism and terrorism / U.S. military actions in the Middle East do not promote security / The U.S. war in Iraq Is hurtling the Middle East toward World War IV / Subhash Kapila -- Michael T. Klare ; interviewed by Julian Brookes -- Piers Moore Ede -- Jeremy Salt -- Mortimer B. Zuckerman -- Paul Marshall --Islamic sectarianism increases the risk of conflict in the Middle East / Vali Nasr -- Ibrahim M. Oweiss -- Andrew Stephen -- Jerry Landay -- Thomas Gale Moore -- Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan -- Max Boot -- Kevin Zeese -- Hoshyar Zebari -- Ami Isseroff -- Daoud Kuttab -- Dennis Prager -- Seth Ackerman -- IsabelIe Humphries -- Joel Bainerman -- Doug Edelman -- Stephen D. Hayes -- Michael Oren -- Leon Hadar -- Patrick Seale -- Justin Raimondo.
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