Want To Understand The Problem?

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This column by Ralph Peters will likely teach you a lot. He discusses the historic failures of governments and civilizations in the Middle East.

[[ ISLAMIST terror is a deadly threat we have barely begun to address. Yet religion-fueled fanaticism in the Middle East shouldn't surprise us: The tradition pre-dates the Prophet's birth by thousands of years.

Terrorists just have better tools these days.

What should amaze us isn't the terrorists' strength, which has limits, but the comprehensive failure of Middle Eastern civilization. Given all the wealth that's poured into the region, its vast human resources and all of its opportunities for change, the mess the Middle East has made of itself is stunning.

Beyond Israel, the region hasn't produced a single first-rate government, army, economy, university or industry. It hasn't even produced convincing second-raters. ]]

Please read it, because we all need to understand more about the enemy that is trying to eradicate us from the face of the planet. Knowledge and understanding are tools that will help us in the fight... so please share this.

Cradle Of Hate

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