Excessive friendliness is the key to unnerving bank robbers -- many of whom give up on their criminal plans. The FBI's latest strategy reminds me of Proverbs 25:21-22 -- "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you."
Or how about Luke 6:35 -- "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."
Can you imagine what might happen if we applied this radical approach on a meta level in the Middle East?
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