Lebanon an on an on
So you live in a tough neighbourhood. You own a gun. Let everyone know you own a gun & that if they even so much as look at you their meat. Fair enough. But don’t beat the guy who shares your flat.
The Middle East’s not a fun place to be at present. So who’s fault is it?
Well a large part of the blame goes to us for creating Israel without any thought to the people already living there.
And if it wasn’t for uncle Adolph’s evilness there probably would be no Jewish homeland so Germany gets some of the blame.
Certainly the Israeli’s appalling treatment of the Palestinians has been one of the major factors in driving a terrorst action against them.
And the Lebanese government did far to little to prevent Hezbollah operating from within their country.
Syria and Iran pretty much fund & arm Hezbollah.
Hezbollah’s (and its supporters & predecessors) refusal to talk & clear aim of the destruction of the state of Israel has resulted in Israel’s policy of overwhelming armed response.
The UN ‘peace keeping’ force in southern Lebanon has not done a terrific job.
The US has supported Israel’s policy of overwhelming response both verbally & with serious armament.
Yup. Its pretty much everybody’s fault. Except, possibly, the Tuvali’ians.
Given that we feel justified in murdering 40,000 people in a country miles away because there is a slight chance that it may be developing weapons that might one day be used against us, Israel killing a measly 400 innocents when they are actually attacked by their neighbours seems reasonable. But reasonable aint the same as right. Because the numbers are also people.
I sit in my garden & the birds are singing & the bees are buzzing. And a big fat orange caterpillar is climbing my fuchsia. And the world seems like a pretty good place. And all around humans are concentrating their hugely impressive brains on finding ways to kill and maim one another. We built the Taj Mahal. We can transplant hearts. Hell, we put men on the moon. There is almost nothing we cannot achieve. So lets bomb the crap out of one another. you know, I'm not entirely convinced that our species is making the most of its potential.
I don’t have a solution for the middle east problem. But I would guess that a good start would be for everybody to stop killing each other. Or is that just crazy talk?
The Middle East’s not a fun place to be at present. So who’s fault is it?
Well a large part of the blame goes to us for creating Israel without any thought to the people already living there.
And if it wasn’t for uncle Adolph’s evilness there probably would be no Jewish homeland so Germany gets some of the blame.
Certainly the Israeli’s appalling treatment of the Palestinians has been one of the major factors in driving a terrorst action against them.
And the Lebanese government did far to little to prevent Hezbollah operating from within their country.
Syria and Iran pretty much fund & arm Hezbollah.
Hezbollah’s (and its supporters & predecessors) refusal to talk & clear aim of the destruction of the state of Israel has resulted in Israel’s policy of overwhelming armed response.
The UN ‘peace keeping’ force in southern Lebanon has not done a terrific job.
The US has supported Israel’s policy of overwhelming response both verbally & with serious armament.
Yup. Its pretty much everybody’s fault. Except, possibly, the Tuvali’ians.
Given that we feel justified in murdering 40,000 people in a country miles away because there is a slight chance that it may be developing weapons that might one day be used against us, Israel killing a measly 400 innocents when they are actually attacked by their neighbours seems reasonable. But reasonable aint the same as right. Because the numbers are also people.
I sit in my garden & the birds are singing & the bees are buzzing. And a big fat orange caterpillar is climbing my fuchsia. And the world seems like a pretty good place. And all around humans are concentrating their hugely impressive brains on finding ways to kill and maim one another. We built the Taj Mahal. We can transplant hearts. Hell, we put men on the moon. There is almost nothing we cannot achieve. So lets bomb the crap out of one another. you know, I'm not entirely convinced that our species is making the most of its potential.
I don’t have a solution for the middle east problem. But I would guess that a good start would be for everybody to stop killing each other. Or is that just crazy talk?
posted by Old Man Rich at 10:56 AM
5 Comments:
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
I agree that the founding of Israel, as with many invented nations (Pakistan, India etc) is difficult but Hezbollah need to be seen in the context of Israeli occupation and a force for change for Lebanon.
Syria have little involvement in Hezbollah, remember Syria occupied Lebanon rather than let it run itself, relations there are fraught.
Iran may indeed support Hezbollah just as elements in the US supported the IRA, both are forces for legitimate change in the face of state sponsored oppression and terror.
As for the current conflict, if Israel altered its policies of ethnic cleansing of Arabs and withdrew to the 1967 borders you would see the talk of Israel's removal from the map disapear to the lunatic fringe.
Can I also add that the two abducted Israelis soldiers were actually in Lebanon when they were taken.
It's with awe and some sadness, I sit in my garden, reading the paper. I think back to 1906 - what were "WE" as humans doing. In that last 100 years how have we grown, invented, learned, accomplished. where else in history have we since such excelleration. And it's both good and bad.
I think we may be the only species to both evolve and de-evolve at the same time.
So I sip my coffee and turn to the funny pages and remember I can control my little universe, so I'll be good (unless I meet a really yummy hot austrailian, then I'll be bad=)
Your title kills me.
The biggest problem I see is this whole business about "proportionality." It's all a bit like Dr. Seuss without the buttering up.
Why can't we all just get along?
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