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There are a lot of religious fanatics in the Arab world -- to not understand that they have built their society around their religion is at best, naive. They have infused religion into their political system - not unlike the Christian Taliban would like to do here. Also, the people who strap a bomb around themselves are not all from impoverished families -- these fanatics cross all financial and gender boundaries - they come from well educated families and poor alike -- the common theme is, they are all religious extremists who will die in the name of their god. bin Laden doesn't have to look too far to find people who are willing to die. I know enough about the arab culture to understand that western society has no place there. I hate to say it but Islam is not all about peace and love. Not any more than the Bible is, for peace and love, for western people - the Koran is full of stuff that tells its followers to kill anyone who does not follow Islam. Just as the Bible tells its religious followers to kill anyone who does not follow the Hebrew God. Religion is inherently flawed and I mean all of it -- it is dangerous to believe that there is a creator because each religions creator tells them to kill other people who do not follow their brand of worship.
As for the US and Britain fucking with the politics in the Middle East for 50 years -- it's been more like the last 100 years. British Petroleum jumped in right at the turn of the century, 1909, Iran. The USA and the Brits have been screwing over the Middle East for as long as they saw that oil was flowing like water in that region.
You can not separate religion from the Middle East -- they have it so tied with their politics there is no way to make them different things -- I wish that people here in this country could see just how crazy it is to make religion (Christianity) and the government so friendly and all tied up with a bow.
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