Arms to Arabs...

Yeah, ok. So everybody say it together: “We’re SO surprised our government is selling arms to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and others.” Sure. Now get over it. The thing that surprises me is that people think this is news. Why don’t we move on and find the important things to focus on: Like how we can extricate ourselves from the massive drain in Iraq. Or how we can counter the rise in radical extremism in swing countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. Maybe how we can figure out our extensive domestic issues.

If we were trying to really stabilize the Middle East, we would figure out some way to promote Islam. Regular, everyday, Islam. That’s the best way to marginalize this radical periphery that is spreading quickly towards the center from the edge.
I mean honestly: blowing everything up just doesn’t work, that’s been proven time and time again. War works best when fought against opponents that play by the same basic rules as you do.

Guess what? Terrorism is way off. Same with most places we would invade. It’s an adaptive mechanism. We’re so overwhelming in power, they don’t even try to run direct battles, they simply shift the paradigm. Hope we can catch up…