Do you think the Middle East will civilise itself in our lifetime?

Question

Do you think it's actually possible? or am I just dreaming?

Answer 1

They r old civilisations and wonder why people want to impose their civilisation on them.

Answer 2

Do you think you are civil by asking the question you just asked? or do you think you are plain ignorant? stop trying to impose your values on others.

Answer 3

The Middle East is civil. You ignorant man. Countries like that are Muslim countries. They dont want to be democracies. Our governments are forcing them to be just that, however. Not because they care about them, not because of the "war on terror". But for oil and money. Simple as.

Answer 4

They were civilised enough to live above the world's supply of oil. Anything beneath the ground you are on?

Answer 5

Not a hope. There's way too much going on there.

Answer 6

The Middle East would settle down peacefully enough if Israel could be relocated, say, to Central Africa.  Israel caused 9/11 and the subsequent attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, simply by allowing America to be suckered into supporting her.  She has never contributed anything to these two disastrous conflicts except rhetoric.

Answer 7

Nope, one day they will nuke each other into oblivion, that'll be the end of human life as we know it, and nature can start again

Not really a bad thing when you look at what we humans have become

Answer 8

I hate it how everyone just thinks the middle east is full of terrorists and ****. Its not like that. Okay maybe in the war places but the majority of it like the UAE (where I live) and Qatar and Oman and stuff are all fine.

Answer 9

It is the cradle of civilisation.

Mahatma Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilisation. He replied that he thought it would be a good idea.

Answer 10

As long as politics are mixed with religion then I can't see any Islamic countries enjoying civilisation (as we know it) in our lifetime.

Saying that, there's still a lot of weeding to be done in our own back garden.

Answer 11

No chance.

Answer 12

You're just dreaming!

Answer 13

As in Israeli, I'd like to say that we almost located to Africa in the 1800s but it didn't work out.... Now, as for suckering America, we'd like you to remember that you helped us because the Communists were helping the Arabs and you needed a presence in the Middle East. The United States actually told Israel in 1948 that they would NOT support an independent Jewish state. It took a voted on UN resolution to create Israel.

9/11, as we all know, was caused by Bin Ladin, a guy working for the United States in Afghanistan who changed his mind, took your money and training, and turned it on you. The enemy of my enemy is only my friend while the other enemy is standing....

As for civilization, we lost it with the increase in radical Islam. Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan were actually pushing forward, but Egypt is falling back, an Islamic government is in Turkey, but Jordan is still moving forward, but they are not enough. I don't see peace coming.

Answer 14

I think its very possible especially as global communication improves over that way... Technology and global communication I think leads generally to less fanatically insane religious behavior, as well as language/ideas/societies moreoften merging and borders lessening in definition.

Answer 15

Every time they get ahead they get bombed back into the dark ages...yeah you're dreaming...you are too lazy too learn anything about the region and its recent history! How could you have missed the bombing of Lebanon? Didn't you see the bridges and shopping malls that had been rebuilt since the last time they had the c**p bombed out of them?

How come the modern secular governments always have the c**p bombed out of them? When Iran had finally elected the first non-religious moderate President.(no religious ayatollahs) in the early 50's, we (CIA, Rockefeller) had him overthrown by the "shah" of Iran. An evil b*****d if there ever was one. Why?  He was going to help his country using oil profits to fund the progress!

This was before the US or Britain actually knew how much there was...but they did not want a Middle-East country entering the modern age.

Tired of this. If you wanted to know history you would have read a few things and not publicly "sighed" ....

Answer 16

Only when we ourselves have become civilized.