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Old 07-04-2006, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by WagnerX5
I wonder if the immense poverty in most Muslim lands has something to do with this feeling that the only joy in life can come from a faith based death......
Bingo!

A friend of mine used to date a Palistinean girl who grew up in the West Bank, and while she came from a somewhat middle-class family and was able to escape that area and come to the United States to attend school, she said that for 90%+ of the people there, there is no opportunity and life is pretty hopeless. Half of the people live in refugee camps, which is basically like living in a homeless shelter, except for your whole life. And the worst part is that they blame the West for all of their problems due to their support of Israel and their prior and current occupations of Arab/Muslim lands.

I don't see an end to this additude until one of two things happen:

1) Living conditions vastly improve for people in the Middle East

or

2) The Western countries pull out all of their military forces from the Middle East and stop their support for Israel.

Unfortunately, until that day this is going to continue. It's not an additude that can be defated by force. Using force just causes more people to feel this way.
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