Lebanon Pt. I
I think some people who know me are probably wondering why I haven't commented about the current situation in Lebanon, given the fantastic trip I had there a few months ago, and given my already negative feelings about Israel. I think really, I'm just so sad and pessimistic about the whole thing that I can't really come up with anything appropriate to say. I'm in a state of disbelief about the pointless destruction and the punishment of innocent people, both in Lebanon and Gaza, by a supposedly enlightened country, with the unflinching support by the US. The mind just boggles. What are they thinking? That this will contribute to peace in the middle east? That Hamas and Hezbollah will just give up and go home? That Lebanese and Palestinians and Syrians and Iranians will just eventually bow down and give in to Israeli/American will? Or, just maybe, will this radicalize more people and spawn a new generation of Jihadis? What seems like the most likely outcome to you?
posted by Andy at 12:21 AM
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I try to stay pretty neutral - because I'm not convinced that the policies of the israeli government reflect the will of the israeli people (any more than say my gov't reflects my personal politics.)
but here's what gets my goat:
I don't give a flying fig if Israel/Lebanon/Palestine want to blow each other to smithereens. I mean, I CARE in the larger sense that war is an atrocity upon humanity, and I wish they could resolve this peacefully. But whether one agrees with one side or the other, there have been wars over land and religion since time immemorial. These are essentially uncompromisable issues, and these are now so entrenched that I don't think there will be peace for many more generations.
But what upsets me most is that it is innocent civilians who will suffer the inevitable terrorist fallout from this. Westerers, irrespective of their political views, are the enemy because they will be seen to be Israeli sympathisers by association.
People half a world away are killing each other over things I don't even fully understand, and yet *I*, as an American civilian, minding my own business anywhere else in the world, will live in greater fear because my government has deemed itself Israel's protectorate.
I am less safe today than I was ysterday, over something I didn't do, had no knowledge of, and may not even agree with.
And that pisses me off.
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