Hypothetical Question: If Israel/Lebanon/Maybe Syria gets Ugly...

angelica wrote:

In psychological terms it's the rescuer/victim/persecutor triangle that many of us live our lives in. First we try to be the heroes--the rescuer. Then we find no one appreciates our attempts to save them....and we take on the victim role. Finally, we get fed up and we become the persecutor and give ourselves license to do unthinkable deeds. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy many of us sign up for in all kinds of ways. When we see these cycles playing out endlessly on the world stage, you'd think we'd start realising that our only option is the even playing field, where everyone is let to solve their own problems. Necessity is the mother of invention.

In my opinion you have more natural insight than our leaders who apparently cannot see the forest for the trees. Our leaders are just men and women. Many times, the truly brilliant minds do not become our leaders, because their thought processes are beyond the "norm" and therefore the masses won't resonate to what such minds see or talk about in theory. The brilliant people learn to follow the inner voice to find their own particular contribution within society. They are all around us. Unfortunately, many don't even recognise themselves. Others are struggling to maintain their balance against the slings and arrows from those who don't understand.