RE: MIDDLE EAST-Doesn't Our Adversary makes us think the wrong thing to do is the right thing to do?

Your question implies that there's a "right" thing to do and a "wrong" thing to do. Maybe this is a rather simplistic way of looking at the situation, and it's not about making "either/or" choices. It just could be that showing greater love and understanding to those individuals and/or nations that are different from us is the way to go, and that would include opening up more avenues of communication. From what I can tell, showing such things as love, kindness, compion and understanding is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of strength. Best wishes to you!