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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy
well yeah, if some other country attacks you then you should fight back, thats a natural right. Peaceful campaigns are powerful too, but not necessarily against aerial bombing and countries that have gone 'berserk' as you put it. There is a difference between fighting against attackers and wishing that somebody would attack so that you could fight them. I dont know why alot of Arabs have militant fantasies about the future, where its all about cataclysmic war to obliterate various enemies. I'm sure the trauma of Israel's creation and the helplessness under various failed regimes in key Arab states (which include Egypt) is part of it. But its also possible to imagine a future that is peaceful and dignified for Arabs, without the necessity of acting out a revenge fantasy where millions of our people die. I actually think long-term sustained peace across most of the middle east, and gradually all of it, is the future, and not through American intervention or any foreign intervention either. Actually, i think you guys in the gulf will lead the way. But that was a tangent
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Militant fantasies? Thanks for putting it in such a romanticised way.
I don't think we should all be vindictive, and poke the Americans in the eye and whatnot. You're assuming those American-led wars will come to an end soon, which I truly hope they would, but reality shows otherwise. And since it doesn't seem like they're going to be restrained any time soon, I think it is best that we be wisely prepared to
defend ourselves and our countries, not to attack theirs. After all, I did not suggest that we cross oceans to confront the Americans. They're the ones planning to land in our backyards.
Wait a minute. They're already there!
I sincerely hope that a durable peace is realised soon, but that's not pragmatic, nor is it realistic. That sounds like naiive idealism. The truth is, as long as there are conflicting interests - and there are, and will always be - peace will not be achieved easily.