what does america wants from the arabs?

Question

why cant be peace betwen arabs and the west just like there is a peace between usa and china?why cant lebanon be like switzerland an oasis of peace? why god sent israel neay lebanon to hit it each 10 years?

Answer 1

Oil

Answer 2

Well, I think even at this late stage of the game their could be peace.
With the following conditions, Arabs to accept Israels right to exist as an independent nation and to banish groups such as the cowardly Hezbollah. Some resolution to the Palestine question. At least that would be enough for Europe but the Yanks are a bit crazy

Answer 3

It's simple: USA wants oil, Arab nations do not want foreign influence. As a result to protect the oil, USA sticks it hand into the affairs of the region. That's why there's no conflict between China and US, because there's no such wanted resource. Israel is disliked because when that nation was formed, the right of the Palestinian people who were there at the time were disregarded, and they were sent to refugee camps, and not given any representation in the local (Israeli) govt.

Answer 4

The Middle east crisis is pretty complex which needs an understanding of historical reasons.

The U.S. enjoyed a generally positive reputation in the region at the end of World War I. Nationalists cited President Wilson's Fourteen Points Proposal for ending the war, which enshrined the principle of self-determination, in justifying their demands for self-representation. After the war, the U.S. sent a commission to the region to ask local populations what political arrangement they would prefer. All wanted complete independence, but if that was impossible, they hoped for supervision by the U.S. rather than by the British and French mandatory powers that were actually installed as a result of the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916.

The U.S. began to involve itself more deeply in regional politics in the late 1940s. It acted to support what it saw as its national interests, the most important being fighting the Communists during the Cold War, ensuring a steady supply of oil, and making sure that no single power dominated the region. More recently, it added fighting terrorism. The U.S. has supported leaders and governments it considered to be stable allies, like the Saudi royal family, Israel, and Egyptian governments since Anwar Sadat.


Please read the links given below:

(CNN) -- As they struggle to find a way for their people to coexist, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon are not only dealing with the bitterness of recent violence but with a lengthy history of conflict. (More on Mahmoud Abbas.) (More on Ariel Sharon.)

The protracted dispute goes back long before the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the U.N. partition of Palestine set the stage for Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion to declare Israel a state on May 14, 1948. (Historical maps.)

The region -- bounded on the east by the Jordan River, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the north by Lebanon and on the south by the Sinai Peninsula -- has been the scene of bitter struggles for millennia. (Maps of the occupied areas.)

Both sides blame the other for the most recent intensification of violence, which flared in September 2000 after Sharon made a controversial visit to a holy site revered by Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem. (More on Sharon's visit.)

The extremely delicate issue of the fate of Jerusalem is one of the core issues confounding the talks in the long-running peace process. (More on the issue of Jerusalem.)

Negotiations have also covered the status of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, the borders of a proposed Palestinian state, Jewish settlements and security measures needed to ensure the safety of both peoples. (More on the border dispute.) (More on the issue of refugees.)

Answer 5

American people want nothing from Arabs. The American government and economy wants oil.

The big difference between China and the Arab countries seems to be Islam.

Answer 6

We have nothing against Arabs...just the ones that have hijacked your religion and want to kill the "infidels"

Answer 7

It's the oil, dubya wants to control the oil.

Answer 8

We want peace, but it seems that Arabs who are conservative muslims don't.

Answer 9

sadly enough, Bush wants Oil. hes a criminal that needs to be dealt with.

Answer 10

Oil & Oil