This sounds, KerimF, like viewing the world in an exclusively Syrian lens. I do not know how you can inwardly sustain it. The religious wars in Syria have lasted for centuries not only involving the peoples who live there but other nations outside of it. Those other peoples would be the Ottoman Turks, the Mongols, the Persians, the Egyptians, the French and the British. All of these peoples came onto a land that was racked by war for centuries and sought to impose a temporary armistice. The internal Muslim wars have always seem to spread to other areas.
You are right, there is no region in the world, along history, that didn't live horrible wars and serious conflicts; I guess America is not an exception.
But, during my life time in Syria and till Obama showed up on TV in March 2011 to open the Terror Show in it, Syrians were very proud for living in one of the safest countries in the world; day and night, on any road and street, even for kids and women. If you know any tourist who had the chance to visit Syria before March 2011, he/she will confirm this well-known truth (though forgotten thanks to the Nazis-like propaganda since March 2011).
I know you do believe what you tell me about Syria but could I ignore what I witnessed personally and believe what the news says
For instance, to start the Terror Show, this simply needed hiring a few snipers to shoot unarmed protesters (usually young). This tactic was used first in Daraa town (close to Jordan), then in some other cities. Then, based solely on the cruel video scenes of the snipers' victims, Obama was instructed, while the USA ambassador was in Damascus!, to accuse the Syrian president as being the evil superman, dictator, who kills his powerless people. For instance, one sniper in Daraa shot his young brother by mistake; he surrendered afterwards because he accepted the well-paid job to help his young brother getting the high studies he wished have. This clever simple tactic gave the Syrian government a solid pretext (before the Syrian people) to withdraw all national forces from most parts in Syria (including my city Aleppo). This, in turn, helped thousands of well-armed foreign mercenaries (holding Al-Qaeda flags) to occupy without resistance many neighbourhoods in many Syrian cities (excluding the ones by the Mediterranean sea). Also, various groups of the Allah black flags were able to take over and occupy almost all Syrian towns and villages (at the borders and around the cities). Yes, at a certain time (I don't remember when exactly), about 95% of the Syrian land was controlled by the Islamist groups. At that time, the American administration (via its U.N.) classified these groups as being terrorists and declared that it was time to save Syrians from them (as Europeans were saved from Nazis). Naturally, the Syrian people had to live (as in Iraq after year 2003) all sort of attacks from terrorists (supported by Obama's moderate rebels) and from their national army as well while running after the Islamist mercenaries (much like in WW2, when Europe was destroyed by both; Nazis and its saviours).
I didn't flee (though I live near the hot line between the two sides) because I like to witness personally if Jesus is all-knowledge or not, when he says:
"That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
God let me born on the Gospel's land, called Syria now. And it happened that the world's gates of hell was opened against it, since March 2011, by the most powerful nations (America then Russia) for money and power (even the local system had no choice but being involved too, as it is the case for all other systems in the world, mainly the European ones that are directly submitted to their powerful saviours while pretending independence).
Anyway, it doesn't matter if you believe me or not because you have to believe what suits your life better
The world's elites, at war with each other, are not concerned about domination. At best they are concerned about containment. If Syrians are killing Syrians, and if that's what Syrians want to do to each other, so be it if it's lasted for centuries. But the terror and killing needs to be contained to Syria and Muslim lands and not to be spread to other lands. If members of the world's elites want to make a profit on this, they are merely doing the same profiteering that has been going on in Syria for centuries.
Yes, Syrians are killing Syrians now as Americans were killing Americans when they were controlled by France and Britain (I am not sure about Spain).
Since March 2011, Syrians has been also attacked by multi-national foreign mercenaries (holding the black flags of Allah) who were exported to Syria, under the eyes of all intelligence agents, from not less than 80 countries.
The Modern Terror cannot be spread anywhere in the world without being funded with billions of dollars (not just millions). Sorry, do you really think that poor/common people, in any region in the world, can have the means to attack seriously any well-protected high class?! Yes, in movies (and now on the news) this is possible to happen. Please remember, behind any so-called revolution or conflict, there are many rich/powerful sides fuelling it.
The fact is that, as long world's peoples have to believe that psychopaths can also be jealous and attack others at random because of jealousy, they have no choice but believing any fairy tale, as being true and real, if approved by one of the most powerful system (and proved by audio/video materials as it became the norm).
The problem with this view remains that there are different gradations and opposing forces within the various elites or bourgeoisie. Present-day conspiracy theories fail to take account of human nature that persists in conflict even when one is a member of a particular social class. If we consider Trump, we must remember that most of the members of his class have rejected him. He is not acceptable to Palm Beach society which would be considered the summit of the American bourgeoisie social scene.
Trump is suffering from a form of dementia. If you look at his tweets, there is a disturbing pattern of his language that, though manipulative, lacks coherence.
To North American and European readers, this makes no sense and must be considered irrational.
Even if all societies, among the American people, will reject Trump, he is protected by the owners of USA who are the most powerful and richest in the world. The irony is that their American people, in general, live under the mercy of banks
I mean, as long Trump is doing well in the international endless series "War on Terror" (introduced with a great success on 9/11/2001), no one of the world's big bosses has any interest to replace him. And, I will not be surprised if, by a free democratic election as always, he will be re-elected for a second term (unless there will be a greater actor to play his very difficult role).
One could look at it another way. Perhaps Jews have been killed too many times in other lands and need to make a stand in their own original homeland. Maybe the conflicts they are involved in are religious wars. Maybe they are not the aggressors or the victims but simply combatants among the world's other combatants.
Religious wars?! Saudi Arabia (of Al-Qaeda Sharia) which was created by American corporations after WW1, had to be always (though under the table) a close ally to Israel (an America military base dressed civil). And I understand it is hard for you to believe that what are known as Israeli-Arab wars were also artificial ones; without which the existence of the military base Israel couldn't be justified and approved by U.N.
Religious wars?! The troops, so-called Christian, of the American Evangelists on power in USA live side by side with the Islamist mercenaries in many parts in Syria and give them all supports they need under the pretext... saving the Syrian people.
Religious wars?! As I mentioned earlier, the fanatic radical Israelis and the fanatic radical Islamists in the south of Syria live also side by side while taking care of each other as good brothers do.
But if you see from America that wars in Middle East are religious, you have no choice but believing they are
But Jesus was a Jew. He was also the Son of Man and the Son of God, the Alpha and the Omega, the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us and that we have seen his glory. Let us honor Jesus as is his due and let us honor the people he came from. Our meaning in him is bound up in the meaning of Israel and its place among the nations.
Sorry, to my knowledge, Jesus, himself, didn't honour the people he came from. Instead he says clearly:
"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
But everyone is free to honour Jesus while ignoring some of his sayings that don't give any profit, if not worse