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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
Your complete ignorance suggests that you shouldn't be making posts in this thread, or any like it. Do you realize that Hamas and the Islamic State (supporters or members most likely to be behind these attacks) are competing militant factions, and members of ISIS probably have little to no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Better quit now before you call Pakistanis Arabs or something...
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I'm just referring to the vast majority of terrorist groups in the Middle East of the past 30 years. Instead of dealing with ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hamas, etc. by trying to wipe them off the map, why can't we just open some kind of negotiations with them?
If you think ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hamas, and any other terrorist faction are completely unrelated to each other, you are just fooling yourself. These groups exist, because young Muslims feel disenchanted with what has been happening in their respective countries since the 80s.
If you look back at history, the 1991 Gulf War was the main reason that 9/11 occurred. Osama Bin Laden hated Saddam Hussein, and wanted to dispose of him. Instead, the Americans came over, and used places in Saudi Arabia to launch attacks against Iraq. If you think the reason for the US "liberating" Kuwait was not about oil, you are just fooling yourself.
Kuwait was slant drilling deep into Iraq territory before Hussein invaded the country. Imagine Mexico slant drilling 200 miles into Texas? That would start up a war pretty quickly.
As for Israel, if you read the bible, Koran, or Talmud, they all have one common denominator- Jerusalem, specifically the Old City, is of extreme significance to them. Israel has acted like an Apartheid state for the last 45 years, ever since the Six Day War, which infuriates most Muslims. It's precisely why Jews are targeted in other parts of the world.
IMHO, two main things need to change to make the world a safer place:
1. Have Israel withdraw to the 1949 Armistice line, and have the UN monitor the Old City.
2. Withdraw most troops from Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East. They look at us, as a continuation of the Colonial powers.
3. Negotiate with ISIS, and compromise with them. Some people may be completely opposed to this, but trying to kill them off has just made the problem worse, and that seems to be the US policy since 9/11.
I'm convinced there will always be some kind of conflict in the Middle East, but we really need to re-examine our foreign policy. I'm really worried the end result will be a significant attack on Canadian soil. If that were to occur, the Government will have an "I told you so" attitude, and not only push Bill C-51 through, but curtail other Rights and Freedoms Canadian have been enjoying, and taking for granted.
Can anyone honestly say the US is a safer place, since they introduced the Patriot Act?