Whenever a bored ten year old boy picks up a twig, he’s going to break it in two. He might stick it in his ear first, or push around some ants, beetles or worms with it, but when he’s done, he’s going to snap it. That twig has a limited life expectancy.
Ok,ok, he might just discard it. The point is, there’s a tendancy towards chaos. If he throws it away, you can be quite sure it’s not in an orderly fashion.
Any mother of small boys will be able to tell you that they have a strong tendency towards chaos. That’s why they like to play with knives. Anything that they can chop, destroy, break or otherwise reduce to small pieces is an escape from boredom.
So what happens when bored little boys grow up?
If you try and solve the problems of the Middle East politically, you will fail, because the problems are not political. They’re people problems.
I’m a young man. If you take my self respect, my purpose and my job while killing my neighbors, what do you think I’ll do when someone comes along and offers a way to restore those?