War...what is is good for?
Absolutely nothing? I'm not convinced thats really true. Ignoring Iraq for now, the thing i referring is the situation in Palestine. Hamas is duking it out with Fatah down there. The thing that interests me the most is that the first headline I saw of it was "Bloodly day in Gaza raises civil war fears" and now the UN is talking about urging for the restoration of law and order. Am I out of line to suggest we, gasp, let them fight it out?
Hear me out now, this isn't just Anti-Arab sentiment here. The problem in Gaza is that these two groups have very different opinions on what to do there. And violence is a part of both of their cultures so maybe its best not only for the rest of the region (like Israel that is safer when its enemies are fighting each other) but also for the Palestinians themselves so the individual people can have a real sense of responsibility for themselves. I feel for the average citizen there, but at the same time, its their job to run their country well and they are responsible for what happens.
The problem, as i see it, is that the people are not fed up with war because a real war always is stopped in the Middle East. Just imagine for a second you have two powers going at it, say its a civil war. Ethnicity is similar though not fully the same and they were under the same government for many years. Now imagine that this war was stopped so that the common folks could live more in peace and there peacekeepers enforcing a proxy border between the two states. Thats seems to be the solution put up today by the UN and other groups. Now imagine that situation named earlier was the US Civil War 150 years ago, and think where we would be now.
Hear me out now, this isn't just Anti-Arab sentiment here. The problem in Gaza is that these two groups have very different opinions on what to do there. And violence is a part of both of their cultures so maybe its best not only for the rest of the region (like Israel that is safer when its enemies are fighting each other) but also for the Palestinians themselves so the individual people can have a real sense of responsibility for themselves. I feel for the average citizen there, but at the same time, its their job to run their country well and they are responsible for what happens.
The problem, as i see it, is that the people are not fed up with war because a real war always is stopped in the Middle East. Just imagine for a second you have two powers going at it, say its a civil war. Ethnicity is similar though not fully the same and they were under the same government for many years. Now imagine that this war was stopped so that the common folks could live more in peace and there peacekeepers enforcing a proxy border between the two states. Thats seems to be the solution put up today by the UN and other groups. Now imagine that situation named earlier was the US Civil War 150 years ago, and think where we would be now.
posted by Maddawg at 6/13/2007 12:43:00 AM
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