The enemy of my enemy is my friend, is an ancient Arabian proverb. On the surface it seams to be very worthy of merit.
To look upon it for what it is, will open your eyes to the truth of it's short sided stupidity. Anyone who would barter for such an alliance is an opportunist, who lacks the foresight of history.
As you stand on the shore of the worlds ocean a lifeboat rocks in the waves of an ever ebbing tide. In the distances you see a ship that's sinking. You peer with squinted eyes to see what flag she fly's, ..it's not your friend's flag. Your sworn enemy's ship is sinking and there are people everywhere treading water yelling for help. With a lifeboat their on the shore you can save them, yet these are the same people that swore to do every thing they could to kill you. You can row out and save those that mean me no harm, how do I tell?
A group of men calling in unison as they cling to a piece of floating debris, if you save them first will they help to save the others or will they swamp the lifeboat being driven by their own desires?
What's happening in Syria is a staggering lose of life, and is an affront to humanity.
A drowning man will accept rescue from his enemy but does the act not make him a friend, or just a rescuer?
I
had a conversation with a former Iranian citizen who left Iran at the
time the Shah was deposed. I was taken back as to how his thought
process worked. Even though he enjoyed the freedoms that come with
living in America, he would never be an American. Being raised in a
society that embraces killing for the sake of eternal rewards showed me that he was fully indoctrinated in the martyrdom philosophy.
He spoke of their national fountain that spewed blood red water,
which signified the blood that has been shed, and the blood to be
shed in the name of Allah.
In that meeting I discovered that he was
not driven by the sense of country but that of a fanatic religion
that promotes the advancement of martyrdom and that those who are not
of the same religion are sub-human (infidels) to be slaughtered.
I've
talked to many people from around the world and none that have left
me so unnerved as he did.
By saving the drowning are we making an enemy?













