Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Isn't that just about standard practise in any conflict in he Arab world in which the outside world takes an interest? The life of an Arab is worth more to the West than to Arab leaders. So when there are foreign eyes looking, theres an opportunity to be exploited. Put a tank next to a kindergarten and the Western commander has got a moral problem, not the Arab tank leader, to whom the lives of Arabian children are without worth.

The second mechanism is the insatiable Arab appetite for outrage and hysteria. Followers need to be regularly whipped into a frenzy with martyrs and blood and accompanying colourful language.



We (the West) really need to stop caring about these people. They hate us when we prop up their leaders and they hate us when we overthrow them. They blame us for oppressing them, and they blame us when we deliver them freedom on silver platter and they are too incompetent to take it. Every time we try to help them, it blows up in our face. The NeoCon's biggest mistake, imho, was their belief in universal human aspirations.

Just deal with whichever strongmen emerge in these nations and be done with it.