Right and what im getting at is that we can apply logic and understanding to the middle east all we want but ultimatly there is no peaceful solution.
I would never claim to be an expert on the middle east but I am fairly intelligent and this is how i see it:
A culture of conflict is so ingrained in the cultural ideologies of middle eastern culture that to hope for an amicable solution is pure folly. When given the opertunity of democracy the people of Lebanon (one of the more moderate middle eastern countries) elect 23 officials of parlament that use terrorist tactics to achieve ends. Similarly Iran has proven itself completely incapable of following rational voting practices, electing to office a man who claims "the Holocoust never happened".
Lets forget for a moment all the implications of the word 'Holocost' and simply examine the absurdity of the statement without emotion or moral judgement. "The Holocost did not happen". Okay, where did millions of Jews go? And what the fuck is this?
To me, this isnt about Israel and its missing soldiers, or about Arab families killed by Jewish actions, it is about the inability of the people in the aformentioned countries to make inteligent decisions. Sure I'll admit the Jews are cazy, but at least they dont elect leaders that make truely bombastic and dangerous claims on a daily basis.
The issues between these nations are irreconsilable and im tired of 'help us now' claims directed at the US, comming from all parties invovled in the conflict. The Syrian ambasidor even had the gaul to DEMAND that the United States live up to its Superpower status and press Isreal to cease fire and engage in peace talks, whatever happend to YOUR responsibility Syria? YOUR responsibility not to be evil, dictitorial, opressive and worst of all dangerous to everyone else in the world.
Even if the miraculous were to happen, and tomomorrow Isreal had vanished into thin air, the remaining countries of the Middle East would find other ways to fight eachother over land, or religion or, race or sex, or a plethora of other pathetic rub points.
My bottom line is this: I am over it, i no longer care. If Isreal feels compelled to rampage around and wipe out all their opponents then fine, i dont really give a shit. "But what if they attack us?" you say, or what if we "become involved". Well, my forigen policy regarding the middle east is: dont say so much and carry the biggest fucking stick of all time. I have no faith in Arab world, its people have proven themselves time and time again as incapable of sustainable, functional government, and i hope that Allah whoops their sorry buts when they finally make it to where ever their going.
