UnNews:Debate on Middle East fruitless as conflict itself
Friday, August 22, 2014
A debate between friends on the current conflict in the Middle East could prove as fruitless as the conflict itself, experts have warned.
The debate, which began seven minutes ago at the Waffle House in Kisimee, Florida, when George Beynard mentioned a two-week old John Oliver video he had seen on Facebook, features people with differing views on the situation, who are very unlikely to change their minds about it.
Beynard, who is vaguely liberal, states that apart from the USA, no country voted against investigating possible human rights violations during Israeli occupation of Gaza.
His friend Thomas Baker, who is largely cynical about politics but hates religious extremists, pointed out that if any other country was suffering regular missile attacks on its mainland as Israel is, it would most likely respond with lethal force against the aggressor country.
Jane Farmer stepped in here, pointing out that "a) Palestine is not a country because Israel won't let it be one and b) There is a difference between attacking a terrorist group and bombing the whole region that terrorist group resides in."
Farmer then added that Iraq did much less - breaking only two UN resolutions - and was invaded, to which Baker replied, "And you want to use the war in Iraq as a template for effective and just foreign policy?"
Sociologist Joanna Corey explained to UnNews: "There is no constructive outcome from this type of debate - no one is likely to back down, and even if they did, what are you going to do? Call the president and tell him you have an idea?
"The only upside is that the argument is not taking place on YouTube, because people tend to call each other 'moron' online almost immediately."
The debate rages on as we speak, with Beynard questioning the US's unwavering support of Israel while Baker cites the importance of a friendly foothold in the Middle East and wearily notes that US foreign policy is unlikely to be based on throwing money away.
All of this has a negative effect on Brandy Tyler, as the 24-year-old waitress had handed the group their tab 15 minutes ago, and she is beginning to realize that she is not likely to get her tip any time soon.
"I don't know where the two-state solution is going to come from," she told us. "But I don't think it's going to be settled over plates of half-eaten hash browns and grits."