It's time to stop all the bullshitting and hand wrangling, and holding. There is one problem in the Middle East that dominates all other problems. None of the other problems are going to go away, unless this problem is addressed. The problem is the doctrinal belief that anyone who is not a Muslim is an infidel, and being an infidel is punishable by death.
Take Iraq for instance. While the country is dissolving towards civil war, reports now state that the Sunnis have declared anyone not a Sunni to deserve death. The Shia say the same. In Afghanistan, simply not being a Muslim is punishable by death. Elsewhere, Muslims are exporting their death threats. Theo Van Gogh, Salman Rushdie, Wafa Sultan (the woman in California who spoke her mind.)
I believe in tolerance. But we have discovered tolerance is not a universal desire yet. Until it is, those of us in favor of tolerance will have to use power to enforce those ends. This requires a world effort.
I'm no fool. The recent crackdown in Syria reinforces that virtually all those in power take staying in power as their objective. Not making the world a better place. Not using power for good, or even for national benefit.
This is the world we live in. Now it is time for us to build the world we desire.
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