18-Jan-16 World View -- Pakistan tries to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran / Reader questions about Mideast

[John]

18-Jan-16 World View -- Pakistan tries to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran


Reader questions about Mideast country alignments

** 18-Jan-16 World View -- Pakistan tries to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e160118



Contents:
Pakistan tries to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Reader questions about Mideast country alignments


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mohammad Baqir Nimr al-Nimr,
Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, Raheel Sharif, Yemen,
China, Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney, Germany, France, Turkey, Russia

[Guest]

Could the younger generation in Iran bring back the Shah? His son (who lives in the United States) would probably be pro-Western (even if his father sometimes wasn't). Do younger generations, when going against older generations, ever go retro and continue their rebellion by bringing back old systems?

[Guest]

After Cromwell died, the British brought back the monarchy and restored the executed king's son. Would that be an example of generational backlash?

[John]

> After Cromwell died, the British brought back the monarchy and
> restored the executed king's son. Would that be an example of
> generational backlash?

Generally speaking, the generations are united during a Recovery Era
-- the first 10-20 years after the climax of a generational Crisis
war. For that reason, I would resist using the phrase "generational
backlash" to describe the restoration of the monarchy. After the
chaos of the Cromwell years, people in all the generations were
looking for a return to normalcy, and restoring the monarchy with
reduced powers seemed the way to do it.

[gerald]

Is it wrong to have pride in one's culture? Is it wrong to fear another culture that can/will destroy yours?

Definitions ----

Nationalism --- loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups

a nationalist movement or government


Xenophobia --- fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign -- ( note, definition says nothing regarding a justification for the fear and hatred --- Would you invite cannibals into your community? or would you be considered xenophobic? )

[Guest]

If you are white, you are not allowed to protect your culture or nation. White Lives Don't Matter.