Ironraven,

Okay, so here's my one and only rebuttal: A sane westerner to be in a country which houses a terrorist organization that IS a part of the government, which BLEW UP U.S.Marines in the biggest single loss of life in U.S. Military history since WWII, is hell-bent on DESTRUCTION of an ENTIRE neighboring population, and, by the way, just welcomed war with the U.S,. IS NOT rational. To add, a country that still has Syrians (don't let them fool you) and approximately 100-500 Iranian special forces for over 20 years.

You took me out of context, ironraven. I'm not a racist, I'm not a zealot, I'm not a bigot. I just think any westerner who was over there for any other reason than family or such needs a real education in history. No matter how much money was spent to rebuild, history in that part of the world was bound to repeat itself. Any person with a well-rounded education, secular and/or religious, could have told you Lebanon was a powder keg fixing to blow. My heart goes out to the good people that are there.

If you like to go visiting war-torn regions for humanitarian relief purposes, ironraven, that is a valid reason, more power to you. You're a stand-up guy and I don't take any offense. Just study history more, it repeats itself.