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I didn't say it was a good thing, just that we're all aware what buttons we're pressing and the consequences of doing so.
We can cut off our noses to spite our faces, or we can go in hard - it's not up to me, is it.
Worth bearing in the mind that a lot of this stems from imperial times, when we'd shift our allegiances with various Muslim warlords on a whim, making many enemies along the way. 'The Great Game' by Peter Hopkirk provides a good background to all of this. It shows that none of this very new, it's just happening on a grander scale now.