As we, here in the west, sit and watch the events in the mid-east play out it seems easy to sit and take sides...we think the certain countries are our long time allies....we think others simply want to rule the world....and we are usually wrong partially or fully about all of them.

Remember one of the major spy scandals of the past 20 years in the US was one of Israel spying on the US…..is that the sign of a friendly relationship. The world does not seem to understand that the US only supports Israel because it keeps getting attacked.

We in the west have a Judeo-Christian perspective where forgiveness is a reality…this seems not to be the perspective of the Muslim community where everything is the fault of the crusades, crusaders or the zionists…ignoring what brought on the crusades or even the dark ages. The crusades were not the search for the holy grail….they were the quest to keep the holy lands from being subjugated by a people/religion who’s intolerance looks for the death of anyone who disagrees with them.

Whether this is the stance of Islam or not, that is the face it presents to the world....TODAY. If you disagree with this statement then name me a country that calls it self Muslim that allow freedom of religion, Freedom of the press, or any type of women rights.

This needs to be accepted as a real difference between the Judeo-Christian block of this global conflict and Muslim block can you live in an integrated society….and can you forgive.