"Peace?"

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^Second Cartoon Down

This picture, while to some it may look like just a cartoon, actually says a lot about the relationship between the Arab world and different cultures. Many say that the Arab's refuse to be peaceful and cooperate with other nations, but is that because if they did their culture would become squashed and turned into a westernisized society like they fear? Everyone else seems to want that because the Arab world would be more compatable with other nations, but that's depriving them of their true identity. That's just simply taking away thousands of years of culture. Also, the Arab's might view other nations talk of "peace" as just squashing and getting rid of the Middle East all together.

-BC