Muslim Democracies in the Mid-East

[Monk]

yeah, i suppose. You bring up good points about Middle Eastern folks being mad at us medling with their affairs. I dont think democracy will work for everyone, but the un-ending violance in the middle east between jews and muslims and muslim/muslim is getting old. It would be nice if the news had something else to report other then the fighting thats been going on over there for centuries. I'm also a little biased towards the US.

Fair enough, I'm biased towards Canada, and having grown up in the Middle East as a teenager I understand the region a bit more, hence my opinions (which are LARGE and varied on this topic ). I'd be very sad to see it all go up in a puff of smoke from either side. The points I bring up can be paralleled with how the US felt when the British were meddling in their affairs... and look what happened there! The American Revolution


I think the news (especially in North America) needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Fear and death sell papers, sadly, so you don't get a clear picture. Lets not forget there are many, many, Jews in Lebanon, and Arabs in Israel. They get along for the most part. It is the radicals and the "uneducated" or "uninformed" who don't know better. Not to mention that with the "meddling" (your words ) all the foreign policy of the past 6 years has just resulted in a real polarisation on the issue. Look at your comment above, 6 years ago you might not have said that, but with polarisation on both ends of the spectrum you end up with a large divide and a failure to meet in the middle on issues. Not saying this is in your case, just a comment on how things keep getting so bad there.

-W.