why is acheiving peace in middle east so hard?

Question

i want real political reasons, not racist reasons

Answer 1

Peace in the M.E. is unlikely because of the injustices done by the British and others for a century.

The people there have long memories and pass on stories to their descendants.

So they probably know that Britian promised the Arabs a united Arab state from the Mediterranean to the Gulf, then betrayed the Arabs who had fought and died for the British cause, by giving the Balfour Declaration to favor the Zionists.

They may know, too, that it was the British in 1922 who taught the Iraqis how to use poison gas, and the Royal Flying Corps bombed and machinegunned the Kurds.

The puppet regime in Baghdad was set up by the British to serve their purposes. What else is new? and can you say "Crusades"?

Answer 2

RELIGION, RELIGION, RELIGION! They(Most)truly believe that the Christian world is trying to accomplish what the Crusades failed to accomplish over 900 years ago. Those folks absolutely do not separate their laws and politics from their religion. Their religion DICTATES! Their form of government, economy, laws, lifestyles will forever be determined by the Mullahs. So many in our government and others in this country believe that once they are exposed to our western ways that they will be converted like some countries in Asia and Europe have done. So naive. Those countries did not have anything close to the kind of religion that is practiced in Iraq and throughout the middle east. Hel_, their true constitution is the Koran! The puppet government installed after Hussein, wrote a bs constitution merely to please its benefactors. Nothing more, nothing less. Anytime a law comes up that contradicts the Koran, the law is thrown out. Wouldn't we be in a mess if our laws that contradicted the Old or New testament were thrown out? Thus, the difference between us and them. They are not going to change to our way of doing things. They will never meet Allah if they do. After all, we are nothing but Infidels. The current clan in power will listen, take our money, material and arms and at the same time not break their promise to Allah. The promise to eventually destroy all Infidels. Believe me we are high on their "to do" list.

Answer 3

Well my friend it is an issue that dates back over 2500 years. When the Jews were enslaved in Egypt and the return of the Jews to Jerusalem and the lands around. Then we had Jesus Christ who brought upon this world the plague that is Christianity. He who was killed by the Jews. Then of course in the 700AD we had Muhammed the father of the new plague called Islam.

And then there were the Crusades where the Christians wanted to regain control of a Muslim controlled Middle East. And then we had WWII where Jews were killed by the millions and afterward were given land in the Middle East to call their own. Well this obviously upset those who were living there already, namely the Muslims and from then (1948) on it has basically been non-stop fighting.

Its not just Muslims, its not just Christians and its not just Jews. Its all three combined to screw up this piece of land for all eternity because none of them can agree that all three religions come from the same area of the globe and that all three have very holy sights in this area. Its just another example of why organized religion will be the downfall of man kind. Mind you now, I'm not saying God is bad or that I don't believe in God, I am saying that organizing religions into factions and hating one another for no other reason than their belief system may differ from yours if even only slightly is the problem. Thanks and have a nice day.

Answer 4

We aren't fighting them the right way. First above all, we need to start investing more heavily in humanitarian aid in order to show the Muslims that we aren't the enemy.

Furthermore, we have to shut down the radical religious leaders, the ones that proclaim holy war and death to all infidels. I'm sure the CIA would be quite efficient at making them disappear.

Finally, we aren't fighting a normal army. Terrorists are some sort of highly developed mafia. The only thing is that they don't deal with the stuff the mafia deals with back home. To get to the point, we need to bust them the same way we would bust them back home. I'm talking about undercover cops (spies in this case), SWAT (special forces in this case), and the list goes on.

Be careful, I'm saying we should pull the troops out. No way. They play an essential role and pulling them out would make the strategy stated above much harder and quite frankly a step back in the middle east. Besides, without them, who would provide the security needed for the humanitarian efforts?

Answer 5

This is a problem that has an unbelievable number of originators. Islam itself is not a violent religion. The problem of western and Middle-eastern conflict stems from the fact that Islam is a subservient religion. Islam, in effect, means submission to and acceptance of a god. "Muslim" means "one who submits to God." The religion stresses complete surrender of the person to the glorification of it's lord and that any deviation is heresy. This is where the friction between the west and Islam comes in. In the west, which is largely dominated by Christianity, religion is seen as an extroverted force whereas in the middle-east religion is seen as an introverted force and therefore becomes not only a religion but society and culture as well. we have the separation of church and state, which goes against the beliefs of Muslims since religion should be part of every thing you do in life. Along the same lines, many many philosophical differences within the constructs and doctrines of each religion have caused conflict and problems between Islam and western cultures for centuries. As a unit, Islam is unstable due to the fact that the different sects, Sunni and Shiite, are at odds as to which is the true version of Islam. This problem is personified in Iraq, where most of the Shiite population is centered as well as in Iran, where the Shiite majority has taken control of the state over the Sunni minority, which is actually what the majority of Muslims are throughout the middle-east. The parties are in a bitter civil/sectarian war over power, territory, and oil. This struggle is amplified by the fact that each side has a different opinion and is unwilling to compromise across sectarian lines. None the less, the major powers within the struggle are distinctly anti-American (mostly anti-US government) and will do anything to stop any plans dedicated to equalizing power in a way that they see as detrimental to their particular group. Another pressing issue is that democracy is not a favored or well understood governmental system in the post-Persian lands. These people have been ruled by kings and tyrants for centuries and are not very welcoming to viewing their counterparts as equals. This is not to say that all Muslims act like this. There are, in fact, many many Muslims who are not in conflict and do not desire said conflict with western or any other ideologies. Many aspire to adopt democratic practices and the ideals encompassing freedom of the individual into their lives/countries. The difference is that the only groups that make themselves heard are the violent ones, and they tend to silence the good ones through such violent actions. I am also not trying to point out that peace will never be achieved in the middle east. It could very well happen in a decade or so. However, that is not up to us, we are not the guiding factor in the success of the middle-east. It is very possible that peace will be achieved, albeit, after great conflict. This is usually the case in any society. Great change usually requires conflict and friction. All we've done is act as the catalyst for that change and the ensuing friction. Whether it will be for better or worse won't be known for many years. In the end, the point and essence of any religion is lost in its radical translations and ignorant uses, and that point is love. As cheesy as it sounds, love and it's derivatives (respect, compassion, dedication, honor, selflessness etc.) are the basis of all major religions, although stated in very different ways. The conflict, in essence, embodies the still primitive nature of mankind in it's inability to overcome our own primitive emotional constructs. Until we, as a species, can learn to embrace the bigger picture and overcome our own primitive emotional constructs, this conflict and many others will continue to happen and the perversion of potentially great ideas, ideologies, and philosophies will continue to hinder us from achieving peace and becoming a higher order species.

Answer 6

Achieving peace in the middle east will be extremely hard. This is due to religious persecution (Muslims, Jews, and Christians) and those in the majority (Muslims) not being tolerant with the minority (Jews and Christians). Until this religious issue can be resolved, there will never be peace in the middle east.

Answer 7

Ignoring the bigotry which appears predominant. The main problem is that there is no one willing to take the middle ground. Everyone is too entrenched and no one is willing to compromise to achieve peace. On all sides there are extremists who view the only solution to be wiping out what they see as the opposition and sadly they seem to have stronger voices than the moderates who may actually achieve something.

Answer 8

Because the radical people do not want peace they would rather kill the ones they do not like or agree with there ways, there have been on and off wars for years, even when peace agreements are made the radicals make some lame excuse to start things up again.

Answer 9

Achieving peace in the middle east is so hard because the solution involves a religious solution. And minds will not be changed in that case.

Answer 10

Because there is limited resources in the Middle East and everybody wants to control them.