Quote (Hacintosh @ Jul 15 2016 03:04am)
I was calling it shit in comparison to everywhere else. It has been a religious hotbed full of stupid religious wars since forever. Sure, that happened pretty much everywhere else too but it i cant think of anywhere else that it is basically the identity of the region.
What is or isn't the identity of the region has little to do with what's happening and more to do with how it has been framed for you. I'd actually say most of the shit in the region has been facilitated by religion but motivated by politics. Religion makes it easier to radicalize people, but ultimately what is being responded to is a political issue such as where the oil money goes, the continuous bombings of innocent families and tribes, etc. etc.