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As long as Israel exists, (heck, as long as the west exists), they will have something to be angry about. Whenever I see neo-cons like Condi or the lunatic left like Jimmy Carter attempting to mediate on behalf of Muslim states, it's very much like watching an animal psychologist expecting rational behavior from a pack of rabid chimpanzees.

Respectfully, (really), I believe you are fooling yourself.

Meh... the ME is remarkably deterministic. Things just take time. Until the '80s the ME was the center of a proxy war between the US and the Soviets. Then Islamic Iran entered the equation. Now it's Shi'ite(Iran and its proxies) vs Sunnis(our proxies) and Israel. It's slowly but surely swinging towards equilibrium.

The wild card is China. If China becomes a military as well as economic superpower then it's Katy bar the door. If they get their greedy little fingers in the pie(not that they don't now, but their power is limited) it will be anarchy.

it's very much like watching an animal psychologist expecting rational behavior from a pack of rabid chimpanzees.

An insult to chimpanzees. Even rabid ones. At least they don't believe there is some ancient chimp down in a well who will come out to save the world, if you can just destroy it first.

Things just take time...

You mean sooner or later they’ll move on from the 7th century and join the rest of us?