[JonnyBGood]

Originally Posted by wu_trax

And how is it going to help? Let's say Israel leaves all the occupied territory, allows the Palestinian to run their own country, leaves libanon and syria alone, etc., do you really think those militant muslim groups will suddenly lay down their weapons and that there suddenly is going to be peace love and happiness in the middle east?

Not immediately no. However without a target for a lot of their unfocused aggression they're going to turn on their own highly corrupt and highly undemocratic regimes. Hopefully when they're torn down they'll approach the rest of the world on an open and undivided front. Only then are you going to see the economic growth and sufficient standards of living which inhibit most sane people from taking up arms and marching off to die in a hopeless, self-reinforcing war.