The Mideast reminds me of that joke about the optimist and the pessimist. The pessimist says "Everything is terrible. It can't get any worse." The optimist says "Oh, yes it can."
It can get easy to forget that there's a silent majority on both sides who just want to live their lives.
Unfortunately, you spend all your time focusing on what's drowning them out: the invective and bomb blasts.
Isn't it our ultimate moral responsibility to them?
It's quicksand. An ego trip.
Sir?
Chasing that Nobel Peace Prize right down the same sinkhole.
After 50 years of strife and futility, there's no dishonor in failure. The only dishonor might be not to try.
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