Quote:Catholic v Protestant was vicious and bloody. It was also short lived, fairly recent, and mostly over by the time this country came into being. The "society" that you're defending believes that the whole world is under their sovereignty, and they have been trying to make that a reality for 1,300 years now. Our existence usurps their sovereignty, but as I said, people in the West haven't the same basis for their worldview and so they dismiss or "reject" it. Well, reject it all you want while you are safe, but will you still reject it when the knife is at your own throat? I just hope, for your sake, that it's not too late.

I'm not versed enough in the protestant v Catholic thing, so I'll leave that alone, except to say that I thought their conflict has been going on for a couple centuries...


But to your critique of "them"...


Do you realize that a person I the middle east that fears western occupation could cut your words and paste them into their blog to have a valid critique of our society from their prospective...


That, to me, shows that both sides are demonizing the other. The truth lies in between.


Like I said, the people want peace. The rulers, on both sides, want power. And we're being duped to look at the entire region as the enemy in order to make the war look legitimate.

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