Sectarian meltdown

Michio Kaku has been trying to calm nerves of fellow scientists as the entrenched sentiments surrounding the increasingly unravelled String Theory lurch towards an all-out cosmological civil war. I have amused myself below by replacing the word physics with Iraq, a ploy which demonstrates that Kaku's optimism is in need of further qualification:

"Both have a legitimate point of view. But far from signalling a collapse in
Iraq, this debate is actually rather healthy. It’s a sign of the vitality of
Iraq that people are so passionate about the outcome."

I never really warmed to String Theory myself. It struck me as more of a solution than an explanation.