At this rate, this reminds me of Nazi Germany killing jews and nothing was done about it until millions died.... When I was a kid I wondered why it took the US so long to get in the fight and stop that kind of madness, here we are again folks... we are doing little to nothing. I have little hope for us as a species these days, is that wrong or correct? We are a warring species and kill our own, history has proved it over and over again, the cycle continues. Culture and education can go a long way to curbing the problem, but it doesn't prevent it. Only thing I can think might help is if we can engineer human beings to be smarter as well as more tolerant of one another, would that be an answer? Is tolerance always a good thing? I don't want to be tolerant of ISIS, they are far too intolerant. I don't know the answer and am not even sure there is one in regard to our ability to be inhumane to one another. Perhaps there is still hope for the future when we finally decide to stop this kind of crap with one another, but what will it take, WWIII and 90% of humanity obliterated?
I think it took so long because the countries in the region should have been able to deal with it, but all to often something very small can grow into something very large and dangerous and then it can be too late.
You are correct to have little hope for us. The differences in language, race, religion, political and economic systems, education, ***ual orientation, what we eat, standard of living, etc. are problems we can't overcome. Once you learn about them and what they believe, it is human nature to say we don't need their kind around here. It may take too long for us to all become more alike and then tolerate each other.
If we start genetically engineering humans, the genetically enhanced humans once their numbers are large enough will then decide they are superior and they should be the ones running the world.
I once had hope that the people of my generation would have grandchildren that would grow up in a world of Star Trek level technology where everyone could have everything they need. I now believe they will find themselves in a post war wasteland where people kill each other over water and scraps of food.
The problem with ISIS is more complex than I think some of you understand. Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community, their goal is to reestablish the Caliphate. This would be one country one government they are all loyal to. We have two countries competing with each other to become the new Caliphate. One calls itself the Islamic state and the other calls itself the Islamic republic (Iran). They are in competition with each other because they represent the two main factions of Islam, Sunni and Shiite. This is the reason the Saudi led coalition of 11 countries have gone to war in Yemen, it is a Sunni Shiite war, and it will come back and bite the Saudis in the ass and we won't be able to save their ass. The new Caliphate will of course have to control the holy cities of Mecca and Medina (the city of the prophet), both of them in Saudi Arabia, the birth place of Islam, yes Saudi Arabia will fall. When that happens I suppose you should expect $7 a gallon gas. Once the new Caliphate is established and they have a smart leader that unites all of Islam, then they will come for us, probably beginning with Eastern Europe as they attempted so long ago.
Alan
