by Eydmar
Turn on the news and you might catch a glimpse of some Iranians burning a U.S. flag. They call us the Great Satan and do what they can to insult us. Yet, it's two sided. There are reasons for this conflict.
Who's fault is it that the middle east hates us? It isn't really anybody's fault. It's not like as if we wanted them to hate us or anything. The middle east and the U.S just don't have many things in common. They think that women should not expose any skin at all. On the other hand we just think the opposite. For them it's like a dis if women do. For us, it's just normal. We enjoy McDonalds and we want them to enjoy it as well. To many of them this feels like imperialism.
We don't want them to hate us on purpose. We also don't try to do the opposite of what their religion does. We just are simply different than they are. It's like if you go to another country, and you do something that you do all the time in your normal country you live in. It's not like you know that they don't allow it. For you it's just normal. It's not so much a wall of hate as it is a wall of ignorance.
There is a solution to this. One thing we could do is not use so much violence. I think that we use way too much violence in our approach to the Middle East. That is why the Middle East views us as a bunch of violent, unjustified soldiers that don't know how to keep order. Yet, our only way of keeping order is to use weapons. In the process, we abuse our power and authority. So maybe we should get out of there and see what happens. Another option would be to open the lines of communication. If we can learn to talk we can learn to find peace.
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