It’s hard to maintain sympathy. I had it for the Iraqi but they pissed democracy and freedom away in favor of their tribal units. I also lost it over the Muslims who were celebrating in the streets over 9-11.
It just may be those people are not ready for freedom or democracy. The reason we have it here is because so many people wanted it and were willing to fight for it. That can’t be said for Iraq, Iran and other countries with the exception of Israel. (Even though some, like Jordan, don’t have it as bad as others.)
Did you all hear about that Russian air plane crash?
Now calling it an explosion in flight. Saw on Face the Nation.
It just may be that we need to respect the multi-cultural diversity of people everywhere, and only get involved in areas when our national interests are endangered or interfered with. Like take out the Taliban in Afghanistan. If you take out Saddam Hussein with minimal consequences and have the world's most powerful army assembled in one place, go into Tehran and get that snake pit cleaned out. And then go home.
When you remove leadership from a place with terrible people in charge, it is unlikely that they will be replaced with people who are 1) competent and 2) not terrible people as well. As long as they leave us and our friends alone, see the part about respecting multi-cultural diversity.