powerclown

The main question as I see it is whether religious intolerance and extremism should continue to be allowed to spread. The major nations of the world have the responsibility of addressing the issues of violent religious extremism, something I don't see them doing.

India, Europe, China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Australia etc...instead of standing by, need to actively fight against religious extremism and intolerance instead of watching the US and Israel go at it by themselves. By not acting against it, they are condoning and contributing to the spread of it. As we see, no country is safe from religious extremism, so it should be everyone's concern. To pretend it doesn't exist, to stand by and watch others do the heavy lifting, is contributing to the problem.

The major nations need to take a stand, because the situation is getting worse not better. As more and more nations get hit by religious extremism, maybe then they will consider it in their own interests to join the others in fighting it. Muslim countries need to decide that it is more important to build functional societies than to attack other countries. I think Israel and America have good intentions, the right intentions, but they can't get it done by themselves. Religious extremism and intolerance will continue to spread and infect moderate nations as long as it is tolerated by the major players.