They live side by side & intermarry, then suddenly they're knifing and shooting their neighbors down in the street, and reaching for the suicide belt. Very glad we got that out of our system with the European religious wars of the 1600s.

they kill each other for honor. they don't use their heads. they r very hot headed. when the fire rush to their heads they don't think. a really mens world with no place for women there.

#30, you're point is very wise. The crazy thing is, many Sunnis consider Shiites even lower then Jews. Ah, we Jews should be thankful for small mercies, eh? Actually, it's sad to say, but the best thing for Israel and the West is that Shiite radicals and Sunni radicals bleed each other dry and leave the civilized world alone.

Dr Friedman seems to be another one of those [ugh] fact-based guys who actually seems to know something about his subject. Good on you, lad. PS: not to channel my inner Freud, but, sometimes bombing somebody else's missiles is just bombing somebody else's missiles.

Allah may be watching but what can he do? When Islam is insulted by a cartoon or a teddy bear his followers have to take care of it themselves. They don't seem to think he is up to the job.

then let's thank the Muslims who have been brutally fighting between Shias and Sunnis for over 1000 years. I guess they just couldn't wait to get started on the Zionist project.

Israel's independence didn't create any fires that weren't already burning, and that includes the Shia/Sunni divide of 1000+ years. All Israel was give a direction for the flames of hatred and terrorism which was between Arabs, to the Jewish State. And as we've seen already - when Israel isn't the issue, they go back to killing each other. If you can prove Israel caused any "large carnage" or have plots to rule the region, please present them here. You have as much credibility as the fat saps who waste time in Cairo cafes conjuring up the same stories to explain their personal woes.

Shiites, Sunnis, Alawites, etc...do not need Israel to divide and conquer. Muslims have been killing each other for centuries before existence of the state. Can you blame Israel for the slaughter of innocents in Iraq? What about the Iraq/Iran war? What about Turkey/Syrians slaughtering Muslim Kurds? What about Hezbollah vs Islamic Jihad, and/or Hamas. Steve, as usual you are full of shit!