What is the key to Peace in the Middle East? Have America write a pen pal letter campaign to all ME citizens?

Question

More paranoia on the Home Front-TV

I just spent thirty minutes on the phone with Carly Bronxstein,a orthodox Jewish (now secular) Ashkenazim (European) friend who is upset about the Israeli/Hezbollah war in Lebanon.

A.) All TV is aimed at upsetting and dramatizing news stories.

B.) This situation has been going on in that land area for the last 5,000 years as it is a footbridge to Africa, Europe, and Asia. It will never change, it was never peaceful and will never be.

She got upset as the News reporter referred to this situation as "Armageddon"....and Carly is Jewish! Jews and Muslims do not believe in the Christian Armageddon! More drama. And no, it is not Armageddon (Tel Geido in Hebrew I believe) but another skirmish. Israel always defends her troops and citizenry (honorable) but also saw an opportunity to reduced the power of the fundamentalist Hezbollah that are re-grouping in Lebanon, a Syrian satellite. Lebanon has next to no army. More divide and conquer.

Answer 1

OK, that's a very good question and I'm glad you asked it.
First and foremost, it's important to learn the history of the conflict and find out what is driving the events we see unfold today. Everything in this area has a root cause and it's all connected to the global conflict. Religious roots are not the only thing driving the conflict, there's a lot of money involved in oil, weapons and drugs. You should know that not everything is reported by the media. They fail to mention that Hezbollah is making most of it's money trafficking narcotics and that some of it is locally grown so that the local population is actually making a living from it!

Answer 2

There are a lot of things that need to happen in the ME before anything can be fixed. Muslim as a culture is very different than it is perceived with all the terrorist acts and such. To indirectly quote Carmen Bin Laden it is a culture that looks to the past to know what is in line for the future. In my opinion, it will always be a very different place than the rest of the world, unless the rulers can come to a peaceful way for modern Muslims and those that are more fundamentalists to co-exist.