Larry Blanchard writes:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:18 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:

I may be an idealist, but in my view the only way to reduce the level
conflict is by reducing the factors leading to discontent in the first
place.

I guess I'm a bit of a pessimist on the issue. The "factors" of
discontent in that middle east are driven by religious fanatics who
cannot face the fact that it is that religion that's keeping them in the

Do you have any scholarly cites for this, or is this just your opinion?

Do you think that global inequities[*], wide-spread unemployment, particularly
of the young; and some counter-productive western policies have no place
in the set of "factors" to which you refer?

scott
[*] read: jealousy