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Jazz,
War isn't the same in the region in many respects. First of all, outside of big cities, the vast majority of middle easterners will wage a war based on culture, tribal status/name and religion and most will not wage a war for a government or country. That holds true especially in both Iraq and Afghanistan where we currently fight. It's about ideals, not about "god and country". Okay, maybe it's about "god and ideals", but it's still not the way we think about things.
Also, a "hot" war makes no sense to these people... people who will hold a grudge against another tribe for a thousand years over the death of a son and avenge it on the deathbed of the 8th or 10th generation. "Hot" wars have never really been foughtn the middle east unless there was an outside influence. They're happy to amble about and take their time in their murder and genocide. Guess that makes it alright...
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