Many Americans and their allies gave their lives in Middle East wars believing they were making the world safer for all of us and improving the lives of people in those areas. They were deceived by their own governments.
ISIS overruns Iraq (photo AFP, Daily Mail)
Experts have written thousands of books on the Middle East and millions of articles. It's one of the most talked about subjects in the world. It even permeates US domestic politics. And it's always on the news, as gruesome violence erupts daily in the area - too often spilling into Europe and North America.
Don't confuse our leaders with the facts
We see pictures of contorted faces screaming with rage and hatred against the West. We read about the brutalities they perpetrate on enemies, and even on their own women and children.
We see pictures of contorted faces screaming with rage and hatred against the West. We read about the brutalities they perpetrate on enemies, and even on their own women and children.
That should make any reasonable Western leader pause for reflection and reassessment of attitudes and policies towards the region. But no.
Our elites doggedly persist in telling us that peace, freedom, justice, prosperity, and the American way are possible in the Middle East - if only people are given a chance. (There is irony in this, considering that even we have difficulty adhering to our own high political and social principles.)
The script goes like this: if only those people had access to western education, free media, and free elections - they would certainly choose governments that would lead them to justice, freedom, peace and prosperity.
The ugly truth is that the Muslim world has been - and will continue to be - a cauldron of violence where everything in society, no matter how small, is ruled by religious and tribal passions.
A thriving Palestinian economy will bring peace with Israel, they say.
The latest US deception is that if Palestinians are helped to develop their economy - a society of peace and freedom will follow.
The economy does not drive those societies. Ancient traditions, tribal divisions and religious factions do.
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| Cartoon - Israel Matzav blog |
The latest US deception is that if Palestinians are helped to develop their economy - a society of peace and freedom will follow.
The economy does not drive those societies. Ancient traditions, tribal divisions and religious factions do.
Disregarding reality - the US keeps plunging ahead
The list of US Middle East foreign policy disasters in our lifetime is shockingly long.
The list of US Middle East foreign policy disasters in our lifetime is shockingly long.
If it were not for the issue of oil, the West would have turned its back on the area a very long time ago, oblivious to slaughter and tyranny.
So, what motivates Western elites?
Our political elites are not interested in spreading justice, democracy, and the American way in the world. If they were they would have prevented the horrors that are still occurring in Africa and other parts of Asia and Latin America.
It's still not clear why the US and Britain pushed for military involvement in Iraq. We know they used misinformation to get there. But why? It may all come down to that old dictum: follow the money.
The present US administration has also shown a persistent support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and elsewhere.
The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring didn't just happen. It was initiated and choreographed from outside. It did not bring freedom. It only managed to stir a nest of vipers.
The Arab Spring didn't just happen. It was initiated and choreographed from outside. It did not bring freedom. It only managed to stir a nest of vipers.
The Egyptian military managed to shake off the backward Muslim Brotherhood. But the US government has turned against the new government, lamenting the previous coup that removed the "democratically elected" Muslim Brotherhood that was plunging the country into the darkness of orthodox Islam.
All the while the US continues to arm jihadists in Syria.
The obsession with Israel
The obsession with Israel
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| Cartoon - Israel Matzav Blog |
They know that statehood per se can't prevent violent strife and humanitarian disasters. Just look at Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and so many other Middle Eastern states.
If a tyrant is not brutally imposing order on the population, there is tribal slaughter. All those countries bleeding right now are independent states.
If a tyrant is not brutally imposing order on the population, there is tribal slaughter. All those countries bleeding right now are independent states.
Western elites know that creating the Islamic state of Palestine won't bring peace to the Middle East, or even to the Palestinians themselves. They know that it will bring terror and violence in the region, and quite possibly Israel's destruction.
But they persist. Never mind that Israel is THE ONLY Middle Eastern country where Christians, Arabs, women and minorities enjoy peace and human rights.
The White House, Europe, Christian churches, and 'progressives,' are all pathologically obsessed with partitioning Israel because of unspoken malevolent reasons.
The White House, Europe, Christian churches, and 'progressives,' are all pathologically obsessed with partitioning Israel because of unspoken malevolent reasons.
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DAILY MAIL - Ancient hatreds tearing apart the Middle East: How 1,400-year-old feud between Shia and Sunni Muslims flared into life with the fall of dictators like Gaddafi and Saddam... and threatens to swallow Iraq
Sunni and Shia factions have been warring since 632AD disagreement over successor to prophet Muhammad
- ISIS militants - who are Sunni - have been stampeding through majority-Shia Iraq
- But the militants have stuck to Sunni heartlands, where residents are glad to be rid of Shia government forces
- Religious tensions are flaring again now that dictators such as Colonel Gadaffi and Saddam Hussein have fallen
- Rest of the world - and especially other Middle Eastern states - are watching nervously as the conflict intensifies
ANALYSIS by Michael Burleigh - Daily Mail
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2656734/Ancient-hatreds-tearing-apart-Middle-East-How-1-400-year-old-feud-Shia-Sunni-Muslims-flared-life-fall-dictators-like-Gaddafi-Saddam-threatens-swallow-Iraq.html
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