Years ago I was speaking to a friend from the Middle East who was from Lebanon. As a Christian this person had remarkable insight. At one time Christians were the middle men of peace. Christian towns and sites were where accords were made and discussions in war could happen. Christians were delegates between sides even amongst Muslims fighting each other. Lebanon was a Christian nation until “someone “ armed and funded Muslim extremist to start a civil war and undermined the Christian resistance.This happened through out the region. Once the Christians were gone conflict went through the roof. The black hats who funded the crazies want a war torn Middle East so they can sell arms to both sides. The extremist want full Sharia everywhere and once they take a territory even other moderate Muslims become targets. This was from someone who lived there and whose family fled to Europe then immigrated legally to the US or otherwise be executed for refusing to reject Christ.