LOL! Yeah, I did kinda screw that sentence up a bit, didn't I!
Buuuuuuuuut, I thin' yeeeew know what I meant...you nitpicky ole goat!
(Edit: 'Dawns on me you might NOT! Shudda had the words "as well" on the end of that sentence!) ("God knows continual violence pretty much defines the middle east in general as well." I'm old. SUE me.)