Having had my previous suggestion of settling all wars through football knocked back, I've come up with a new idea to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Anybody who thinks that their religion is worth fighting/killing/dying over will be airlifted into the area. Anybody in the area who would rather live peacefully among people of many different faiths faiths will be airlifted out. A five mile thick no-mans land will be established around disputed territories and a perimeter fence built.
Then all factions can go for it, killing, exploding, burning whoever and whatever they like in the name of the one true God, leaving the rest of us to get on with our lives. Whoever wins gets to be right.
Any extremist/ terrorist activity elsewhere in the world will be dealt with by being dropped into no mans land and left to find your own way to your own people.
Sooner or later, they'll have killed each other off and the rest of us will no longer have to worry about it.
Good plan?
2006-10-31 01:56:19 · 19 answers · asked by lickintonight 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jibba Jabba: you are clearly a cretin.
Catie: I presume you are an American Christian with all that peace, love and understanding?
2006-10-31 02:12:42 · update #1
Michael B: ditto
2006-10-31 02:13:34 · update #2
Charlie Hustle: I'm not convinced you undersand the issue here...
2006-10-31 02:14:21 · update #3
im with you!
2006-10-31 01:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like a screenplay - for The Rock. In other words, it's fantasy, and, I'm sorry to say, not very original fantasy at that.
But I can understand where you're coming from. It IS a great solution. The problem: who's going to decide who's a "terrorist" and enforce the punishment?
In the Middle East, most people think WE'RE the "terrorists" - George W. Bush, specifically. WE invaded Iraq for NO good reason. WE have killed thousands of Iraqis (and suffered thousands of fatalities/wounded.)
Maybe WE are also the extremists.
So, if you want to put George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on an island with Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri, then I'm all for it. Unfortunately, the outcome could well be that Osama and Ayman win (unless we allow Dick Cheney to carry a shotgun.)
And, by the way, your idea:
"Then all factions can go for it, killing, exploding, burning whoever and whatever they like in the name of the one true God, leaving the rest of us to get on with our lives. Whoever wins gets to be right."
is, in my opinion, pretty much what's going to happen eventually - just as it did in Vietnam.The problem is - it's going to take us another 3 to 4 years to finally figure that out, and, in the meantime, God (or Allah - same Deity) knows how many more thousands will be maimed or killed.
2006-10-31 10:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A better plan would be to put ALL the politicians in (especially heads of states) and prevent any armies supporting them and don't give them any weapons. Just leave the stones and let the politicians slug it out. That would soon stop the fighting because the politicians would consider fighting 'beneath themselves'. And they wouldn't want their smart suits and white khaftans spoiled, would they? (LOL)
Now, for a serious answer. Log on to the website of charlesstrohmer.com then click on 'Wisdom Project'.
2006-10-31 11:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will be no peace in the Mid-East, simply because (this is a direct quote) the Arabs want to "push the Jews into the sea"...
If the Mid-East in a football field, Israel is a tiny postage stamp with virtually no natural resources. A state of 5 million surrounded by 200 million Arabs; why then can't the Arabs just leave Israel alone??????????
2006-10-31 10:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Isreal just needs to pay up compensation for stealing all that land, even United States realised the American Indians deserved compensation, so whats teh problem here. Thats not even touching on UN breaches Sheba Farms/nukes.
2006-10-31 10:01:03 · answer #5 · answered by budda m 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
here here also down with bush and stop the cover ups about JFK assignation and 9/11 and others that go in the hundreds
2006-10-31 10:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by jakethetalker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace in the Middle East will never happen it's too hot and there's not enough water.
2006-10-31 10:03:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some people believe there will never be peace there. They will never change. So don't waste your energy.
2006-10-31 09:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by mstrywmn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good- get to it! Or maybe you'll have to ask the UN or the US first!!
2006-10-31 10:09:20 · answer #9 · answered by trebor88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So are you offering your house to host this competition?
2006-10-31 11:10:29 · answer #10 · answered by Nothing to say? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent plan!
2006-10-31 09:58:25 · answer #11 · answered by shizzlechit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋