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When will someone start to be less idealistic and more realistic about humanity?
I'll just respond to this bit rather than the history lesson about Beirut etc.;)
And I don't disagree with you about the reality, I just disagree about how to deal with it.
People are like any other animal on this planet. We are tribal, can be viscous, greedy, jealous and many other things besides. Then you put into that mix, different races, religions, nationality. All combustible, I agree.
What I disagree with is the overwhelming chorus now that "we mustn't get involved" "let em get on with it."
This thinking led to the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe. We "let them get on with it" and in doing so it has empowered Putin (who MUST be confronted at some point), empowered Assad and caused chaos throughout Europe.
But even if something were happening in a distant part of the world. If a regime and I am specifically talking a government's own actions. If a regime starts slaughtering it's own people, as a permanent member of the security council, one of the "policemen," I absolutely think we should intervene to stop atrocities. You cannot know what will happen afterwards and perhaps things will be worse, but you can stop the disgusting behaviour you know about.
If Hitler had been confronted in the 1930s when he started on the Jews and starting to rearm, we might, albeit slimly, may have stopped WW2.