the idea that they will come after us here in the US if we don't get in their business is just not backed up by the facts....
huh? there are no facts to back that up, because the US has always been all up in the middle east's business. because they we are being attacked due to intervention doesn't prove the opposite, that we won't be attacked if we don't intervene. the US is the great satan, and that isn't going to change just because the US stops its bombing runs. they hate our freedom fries, remember?
There is only ONE thing that will stop them and that is when both sides get fed up with waking up each day to find their brothers, sisters, moms, and dads laying next to them dead. Not one thing else will ever get them to stop.
unfortunately i don't think that's true. humans have a great ability to carry grudges and simmer in feuds. throw in leaders who turn conflict to their advantages, and thus have motivation to keep the conflict going, and the wars will rage on forever.
We need to treat this like two kids fighting. Let them slug each other until they get tired of playing that game and move on.
funny, i've come to the "two kids fighting" analogy recently too. however, when i see two kids hitting each other i don't just walk away and hope that they'll eventually get tired of knocking each other's teeth out. the right thing is to intervene and to teach them how to get along, or forcibly separate them, or get them to express why they're fighting, etc etc etc.
the kids fighting analogy is good for understanding how they are currently behaving, but i'm not sure that it it leads to a good solution. impose a time-out? take away their dessert?
