Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Oct 31, 2022 at 22:01
In the vein of this forum of Middle Eastern potential threats of one ideological perception versus another, Islam is found to be the central focus if, for no other reason than Islam's centuries old antipthies towards all other ideological (read religious persuasions) pursuits that could not, nor would not, submit to the contravening persuasion (believe of die) of replacement theological adventurism. In the Middle East, it is still the majority force of religious attitudes to be contended with. After that a weakened Christianesque persuasion comes in roughly second and Judaism, in its own specialty presence, roughly third.
Gaining victory in that type of venue is Israel's dilemma. But as the Prophet Jeremiah has and had said, getting their act together is their main foil and even in the next round of elections, this is still the missing message. The enemy from within needs to be confronted before confronting the enemy outside, just as America has found out. Remember the lesson of Ai, after Jericho.
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