We must have. Every time some middle east crisis engulfs our media, we all freak out like this has never happened before. It seems we have been on a ten year cycle. Ten years ago, the Gulf War was starting. Ten years before that, America sat in fear as terrorists held hostages, captured airliners, bombed hotels and performed other atrocities.
Similar patterns go back many thousands of years.
True, the loss of innocent life, regardless of nationality, is a sad thing. I feel that you can make more of a difference by committing to helping those people by doing things such as volunteering for the Red Cross and operating clothing drives, rather than complaining that one country is more wrong than the next. I think the true cause of the conflict is lost in the pages of history. I don't think it is as simple as saying its because of some land or some other cause. As a nation, I believe our problem is purchasing oil from these people.