1) the Iraq/Syria region, Assyria and earlier, are focal points of the development of culture. The assaults on these regions by a neophyte nation, that’s us, offer a disrespect to the world at large — a disrespect which may not be widely noted now but which will be looked at by coming civilizations. ‘Systems thinking’ can extend out 6000 years, if we let it. Let’s not embarrass ourselves.
2) the conspiracies confirmed to eager ears sometimes do not exist. The Philippines, for example, are offered up by present leadership as a hotbed of al Qaeda activity and recruitment. In fact, the conflict in the South involves, as it has for better than a century, issues of self-government and land-use. It is resident Muslims vs: the ruling Catholics in the North.
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1) the Iraq/Syria region, Assyria and earlier, are focal points of the development of culture. The assaults on these regions by a neophyte nation, that’s us, offer a disrespect to the world at large — a disrespect which may not be widely noted now but which will be looked at by coming civilizations. ‘Systems thinking’ can extend out 6000 years, if we let it. Let’s not embarrass ourselves.
2) the conspiracies confirmed to eager ears sometimes do not exist. The Philippines, for example, are offered up by present leadership as a hotbed of al Qaeda activity and recruitment. In fact, the conflict in the South involves, as it has for better than a century, issues of self-government and land-use. It is resident Muslims vs: the ruling Catholics in the North.