#6 ". . . if the American and British governments correct themselves."
We couldn't possibly help fix things until you lie about our intentions. Of course, we have no qualms about making problems for you without your saying a word. Go figure.
Is it just me, or do these regimes only seem to want/know how to negotiate from a position of power, be it real or only perceived?
My thoughts [in no particular order, because they aren't! :-) ] are that this probably has something to do with appearing to be the strong horse so people will follow them. This crap kind of leadership model needs to be knocked out of their heads replaced with a "consent of the goverened" model before we can trust them to carry on in a civilized manner and not devolve the minute we walk away. Perhaps some serious TV-based lectures on the disadvantages of one and the advantages of the other ought to be considered. I'll bet 99% don't have a clue, and that's too many for the remaining 1% to fix even if they wanted to. Their religion prevents them from having anything to do with charging/paying interest, which is the part and parcel of a western economy. Their religion also seems to herd them back in the direction of this prehistoric model of "government" and social structure that we see even today, which involves too much exposure to dominance/submission (starting with the womenfolk), symbolism of being devout like praying until your forehead bleeds from pounding the pavement five times a day or anti-infidel hate speech etc, and a suicidal reliance on the clergy, who by nature seem to have way too many power freaks anyway who are all striving to be the supreme mullah which involves more of all the displays of devotion/hate talk on steroids if they want to get anywhere.
Seems impossible to me unless some of the core concepts in the Kooran are stripped away. But even then, folks like BinHiden will go dig up an old Kooran and the whole process starts over again, so there goes my "unless".
Now I know why they burned books in times past. |