^ Wait you don't say that we The West is somehow responsible for middle-east terrorism? England and the US never intervened in Persia, Iraq or Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan etc., and all those drones are flying humanitarian missons
Funny how just of all those military heads or politicians who always quote (mostly wrong) that "he who forgets the past is condemned to repeat it" never mention what
their nation and military did before, in regions of the world they had no real legal right to be. Oil and gas, ore resources, weapon deals, and political influence against the "commies" anyone.
No i am not of the opinion that this justifies the killing of innocent people here or anywhere for whatever justification (religious or political), but it may be part of an explanation. Our meddling over there helped breed those terrorists, and the drone attacks killing more innocent people (including children) than criminals now give them the perfect pretense of retaliation.
BS of course, but we
should know how easily minds can be manipulated.
The question is, what can we do about that?
If anyone here would be willing to reach out a hand, he's a traitor or a commie. Or he may be plain out rejected, even if he means it. Centuries of treason and military violence cannot be so easily be wiped out with a smile and an outstretched hand, with weapon lobbyists smiling in the background.
Even if someone here would really support such a policy for education and good long-term relationship it would take decades to see any improvement. Not that there is anything like that in the making, or thinking. Obama tried, but he failed, because of those pregone centuries of his own and other western nation's politics.
So, what next? Show strength? More drones? Will that help?