What Are We Fighting For?
The real reason behind Peace & War (and terrorism) is Land. People fight over Land. The terrorists are not fighting over our way of life, or our freedom; they are fighting because we are on their Land. Of course, people Fight because of Religion, Ethnicity, Oil, Etc., but Land is the essential Element that brings it all together.
The Chinese one day may fight America over Taiwan; We may fight Russia over the Arctic Ocean (oil); Muslims and Hindu's fight over Kashmir; Muslims and Russians fight over Checknya; Turkey and Greece fought over Cyprus; the Kurds have fought for their Land within Turkey; and the Kurds will be fighting for their Land in Iraq; the British fought Argentina over the Falklands, China may one day fight Vietnam over disputed Islands (oil), etc, etc.
Nations and People's fight over Land.
As long as United States stays in Iraq and Afghanistan and now Pakistan, "Freedom Fighters" will attempt to liberate their countries Land.
The Middle East Arab-Israel Conflict is over Land. The Peace and Political Solutions have to take this as the Central Factors:
1. Israeli's and Jewish People are fighting over the West Bank; because this is their Land that was promised to Abraham.
2. Israeli's and the Jewish People are fighting over Jerusalem; because this is the Land of their Biblical Capitol.
3. Palestinians are fighting over their Homeland, which includes present day Israel and the West Bank and now Gaza. It seems the Palestinians and Arabs may be willing to accept Israel in their 1967 borders as the 2002 Beirut Conference Accepted a Resolution.
On a very important note, there is no reason for America to make our present era a fight between American Christianity and Muslims. There is no reason for Israeli Jewish People and Muslims to make the same fight: Christianity, Judaism and Islam are basically the same religion.
It seems that we are just as ignorant as the Crusaders were. Islam already accepted Jesus as the Messiah. The Koran already says that Jesus was created by G-d (just like Adam), was given Divine Spirit by G-d, was given the Gospels by G-d (but were corrupted by Man), that Jesus Mother was a Virgin, etc. etc. The Koran does not say that Jesus was G-d, or the son of G-d; but Jesus was everything else. Do any Christian's know this?
The Koran is a validation of both Jesus and the Old Testament.
Every Prophet in the Koran is the same as the Old Testament. Besides Jesus (and the Messenger, Mohammad) there are none more in the Koran. The Koran speaks more of Moses than any other Prophet. All the stories in the Old Testament about Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon are basically the same stories in the Koran. Do any Jewish American's or Israeli's know that all Muslims know that they believe in the same G-d as them? Do any Christians or Jewish People know that Muslims go to Mecca to pay honor to Abraham who set up the first Temple in Mecca, the Kaaba? (if you look at a map of the area, you will see that Mecca is not that far from Israel.)
It is 2010, why does most of the world have to be so ignorant. Has any political scholar or politician read all 3 books: Old Testament, New Testament and the Koran? Does any Christian or Jewish American know that it does not say a Terrorist will be served by 75 Virgins; but that every Muslim person who is good - child, school teacher, grand mother, etc - will be serviced by 75 Virgins on the gateway to Heaven - it does not say anything about sleeping with these Virgins.
The Koran actually follows the Jewish People. Although, Muslims say they follow the first son of Abraham, Ishmael; the Koran actually follows, just like the Old Testament, the Jewish People - the second son Issac, and Issac's second son Jacob; then, Joseph, Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon, . . . Do Muslim Arabs know that their whole Bible are the stories of the same Jewish People that they are in a War with? Are Muslims aware that Jewish People claim to be descendants of Abraham? Not really.
This is a statement out of the Qur'an (and there are many others):
"And [remember] when Moses said to his people: 'O my people, call in remembrance the favor of God unto you, when he produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave to you what He had not given to any other among the peoples. O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin.'" [Koran 5:20-21]
"And thereafter We [Allah] said to the Children of Israel: 'Dwell securely in the Promised Land. [Koran 17:104]
If Muslims are as religious as we know they are; it seems they can really turn around and accept the return of the Israelites that their Bible talks exclusively of.
There is a lot of room for a religious awakening of all People. On a side note, there is really nothing the Jewish People cannot accept as Jesus as the Messiah or a Prophet; but, again, not G-d, or the Son of G-d, but as a Prophet. (can the Christian's accept this too?) Although Muslims believe the New Testament has been corrupted, the message of the Gospels is about simple fairness, goodness, kindness and the spirit (versus literal translations) of the law between Man and Man; and Man and G-d. Kindness and Goodness are the message of the Gospels; and is really the real Jewish and Muslim Religion anyway.
We can all come together, instead of apart if we wished.
Please read The Old Testament Isaiah's prediction of Jesus and of real Jewish fairness, goodness, kindness; and of Jerusalem being the light for all nations. Can the Jewish People accept the Muslim neighbors as Brothers to the same faith? Do American's accept the same when we go to War against the Afghanistan and Iraq and Pakistinian People.
Doesn't it make sense that if their is a G-d, that he would want all the People's to have the same faith; and would have found a way to spread the message. Islam is not our enemy; it is, again, a confirmation of our own religions.
In my Opinion, The Political-Peace LAND Solution to the Arab-Israeli Conflict is MAINLY would be to allow:
1. Jewish People who currently live in the West Bank (which would become Palestine) to become Jewish-Palestinian Citizens. (just as Jewish people in America are called Jewish-American Citizens. Dual Citizenship can be allowed. NO JEWISH PERSON WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE WHERE THEY ARE LIVING NOW (taking away the main argument of the Jewish Fundamentalist). An unconditional political and civil amnesty could become the new order and give LAND rights to the settlers. Again, no Jewish Person would be asked to leave where they are living now. The same deal could be with the Jewish People living in the areas of Lebanon (Shaba Farms) and Syria's Golan Heights.
2. What about Jerusalem? The Political Solution is to call the Walled City of Jerusalem it to call this "the Capital of All Nations and People's who follow the faith of Abraham." I believe Fundamentalists on all sides could agree to this new sovereignty. Allow both Israel and Palestine to have their Capitol Buildings within Jerusalem, but outside the walled city. The actual "reality" or realpolitic of Jerusalem may be less equanimous, since Israel will maintain its hegemony in any deal, but the biggest hurdle over Sovereignty shall have been overcome.
3. The Right of Return for Palestinian Muslims to come back to their homeland, Israel and become Israeli's and to the West Bank should be stated, but in reality, less forthcoming: That both Palestinians and Jewish People shall have "AN EQUAL ONE-FOR-ONE" Right of Return to the Lands of Israel and the West Bank. To make the agreement less equanimous, the Agreement would have to stipulate "AN EQUAL" and agreed amount One-for-One: thus as many "new" Jewish People can go into the West Bank as "new" Palestinian people can return to the West Bank and Israel- and the number would have to be a priori agreed by both.
Although "money" by itself is not the reason People's go to war; to compensate Palestinians should be in the agreement.
The United States cannot win in Afghanistan and Iraq as long as American Military Forces are there. What 911 and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan should teach America is the Power of the Suicide-Terrorist. These are not Armies we are fighting. As long as America will be seen as foreign conquerers of their land, there will be some Terrorist to take up the cause. America must also leave their military bases in Saudi Arabia, home to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina. Otherwise, Muslim Fundamentalists will ultimately fight for the sacredness of their Land. America must make Peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors, as America is seen as the Supporter of the Forces of Israel's Land Aggression. The above Peace-Land Solution would be enough of a Peace Treaty, in my opinion, to bring peace in the region.
There is no reason that in our present day there should be a fight between America and the Muslim Religion; or Israel and the Jewish People against the Muslim Religion. With all the War going on today, how soon could we really have Peace? There is War going on now simply because we are there. If we simply left, the main reason for these stupid wars would simply end. Follow the outline for peace above, and there would be no reason for the Muslims to be at War with the United States. The terrorists who are fighting against the United States, and will continue to fight against the United States, will have no LAND reason for a fight against us. If you are Result orientated, War & Occupation is simply a unending, losing solution. Peace Solutions based on Land are what is possible.
Is there anyone in Politics who can give Obama this message?