Wars Of Religion
This was the big headline in The Times on Friday. It does sum up the mess involving Muslims in the Middle East in particular. Admittedly, with a little bit of help from their bogeymen; the Israelis.
A commentator yesterday on the BBC who had a military background, said that what is going on between the two main factions of in Islam, is akin to what when on between Catholics and Protestants in Europe in the Thirty Years War. Wikipedia describes that war like this.
The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe (primarily present-day Germany), involving most of the European countries. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history.
The commentator said, that it is conceivable that the two factions is Islam, will bring on a similar conflict.
We must do our best to not be drawn into this stupid conflict. To air drop food and water to refugees is one thing, but to favour one side or the other is a complete no-no.
The Anonymous Widower 
hear hear – and I fear there are politicians who would like to draw us in
Lxx
Comment by nosnikrapzil | August 10, 2014 |