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Originally Posted by DWB
As someone who values freedom, it pains me to say that a lot of the middle east needs to be ruled with an iron fist. It doesn't work otherwise. Generally speaking, many of them simply have not evolved enough yet to function properly as a society.
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Read T.E. Lawrence's (AKA, Lawrence of Arabia) "5 Pillars of Islam" or anything by Edward Said - We have Europe and later, the Americans to thank for current situation. Europe has felt threatened by ME culture since the turn of the last millennium, hence, needless crusades.