Comments by "Jake Johnson" (@ElectronFieldPulse) on "Big Think" channel.

How? What is needed is an actual pragmatic solution. The Palestinians are a radicalized population like Germany and Japan in ww2. They have been this way since 1948, so they weren't created by oppression, so making their lives better will make no difference. That is the cold hard reality many won't face up to. How do you deal with a radicalized people who are unyielding and call for your destruction? Many people want Israel to be destroyed, but that isn't going to happen. So, the only real, actual question is how do you get Palestinians to stop being fundamentalist Muslims that make it their life goal to destroy Israel? That will require action from the Muslim world, but good luck with that, they are radical compared to the West. It would be like trying to compromise with protestants who only wanted prostentant domination in 1650
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 @angus7278 - Lol, what narrative? What do you think you are privy to that I am not as an American?
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@cliffgaither - You know plenty of countries get along with the US just fine, right? Seems that signing a deal with Iraq or Iran would be entirely foolish, as both those countries are involved with multiple conflicts. Sadaam started iran-iraq, the Kuwait war, etc... Iran is funding militias and proxies all around the ME, like the Houthis in Yemen. Arabs always go on and on about how evil the US is. The reality is, the US isn't evil, it is just extremely powerful. If Arab countries would have somehow become a superpower, they would be spreading backwards and middle aged religions like Islam. Democracy wouldn't be promoted. Gay people would have no rights. Arabs are just mad that Islam has made them extremely weak, so they try and blame the "evil West" for their own failures. Sad situation. Only Arabs buy this line of thinking, and it is clear Arab thinking isn't working out too well. Just like how Arabs make demands of Israel as if they won the war, haha. The arrogance or Arabs is unmatched, truly. And the saddest thing is that their arrogance has no power behind it, it is all a coping mechanism for being inferior.
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@cliffgaither - Yes, it is a backwards religion which never had an Enlightenment. Christian countries in Europe and US, Canada, and Australia are actually becoming atheist quickly. So, not only does your religion look primitive to Christians, it will look downright crazy once most people don't believe in a God. I mean, it already does. People don't want Islam to come to our countries in large numbers, which is why Europe is having such a tough time now. Wherever Muslims go, they turn back time and progress.
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@cliffgaither - I'm really tired of hearing about the Islamic "golden age". If you have to point to a period thousands of years ago as some source of pride, that says everything one could about their current situation. And you just regurgitate talking points, lame ones at that. And for some reason, no matter how you answer, I 100% know you will place all the blame on someone else and never on the people themselves. It's a really cliche and boring conversation to be honest. I get your politics and ideology, and I just don't want to go through the mental gymnastics.
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@cliffgaither - It isn't bigotry, it is the truth. I know Arabs/Muslims are big into conspiracy theories and blaming everything on the West, so introspection isn't expected, but it has nothing to do with bigotry. I don't like myths which compel people to believe in and do dumb things.
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@t.davidson1006 - It was such a massive waste of money and life. I have always hated Bush.
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