Scumbags like Arafat profited from the conflict in the Middle East, and Saddam, and others, and we have made progress in the Middle East in the last 20 years. Israel used to have people blowing themselves up at bus stops in Israel and then Saddam and Arafat would give money to the families of the suicide bombers.
That is a fucked up life if you are so miserable and poor that you blow yourself up at a bus stop. By alleviating extreme poverty and suffering and by teaching the people peace then we can make progress towards a healthier civilization, and you cannot do that with a gun. It takes more than a gun to create a peaceful world. You feed them, and you tell them this food I give to you out of love for you, and you teach them to treat other people the same way that you want to be treated. I am a Christian and I am a crusader, and as I feed people then I would tell them that God loves them. And the Peacetime is the time to be sending in the teachers and the priests and the business leaders, etc.
My friend who I made a student film with at USC film school wanted to open an American style movie studio in Turkey to make movies and television shows for the Arabs, and that is the way to reach their hearts and minds. Movies, music, television shows, etc, all have the power to change how people think, feel, and behave.
Blessed are the Peacemakers, and Pope Francis is a great man of peace, and we need to fully fund the Peace Corps, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.