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Just scanned thru this thread, and I have to say that I disagree with what seems to be the prevailing take - that this is a conflict which is caused at least in part by differences in faith. IMO, religion is the cloak which both sides use to justify what can only be ungodly actions to members of ANY faith. The Arab world has been upset with the western one since at least WWI (I won't even go into the business of the crusades which were not really about faith either). The Arabs who fought with T.E. Lawrence and rebelled against the Turks did so because of the British promise of the return of certain territories to Arab rule. This promise was broken before it was ever made. The creation of Israel did little to assauge the Arabs' feeling of betrayal by the West. Petroleum has literally become the fuel for that flame.
The entity which controls the petroleum supply by default will control the lion's share of the world's power and wealth. The financial backers of the various Muslim fundamentalist terrorist groups are interested in neither fundamentalism or the Muslim faith. Neither are the handlers of George Jr. interested in bringing democracy to the Arab world or Christ's message of salvation to the heathen.
What is happening here is a very high stake battle for worldly treasure conducted by men on both sides who pimp out the names of Jesus and Mohammed to further their own ends. The rest of us sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" or scream "Jihad!" leaving behind our orphans to put flowers on our graves and tell themselves that our deaths were not in vain, so the hatred can continue on unbaited by either side.
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