Crime against humanity in Lebanon
Its been 14 days since Israel started pounding Lebanon with heavy munitions and has lead to hundreds of civilian deaths and caused a massive destruction of infrastructure. And all Americans and other powerful nations have done is watch daily mayhem on TV and not get ashamed of their inability to protect the innocent civilians. The world leaders other than US politicians have become impotent, and this includes China, Russia, EU and all other countries. The problem with USA is of lack of will combined with selective ideas of freedom, terrorism and repression. American leaders have been breaking new grounds in being indifferent to the pain of those who are suffering the wounds created by war machines supplied by them and at hands of their closest friend and ally.
All rhetoric of freedom, terrorism doesn't apply here because the oppressor here is Israel and victim is Lebanon, which hardly interests USA in any way. It looks like that pain caused to Israelis and Americans and for that matter any westerner is pain and an "attack on the freedom" where as pain caused to rest of the world is our right to defend ourselves to protect freedom. Who are we selling this crap to?
Firstly, to start with Hezbollah's actions, they once again portrayed that they do not like peace and will never live or want peace. And every country should make sure that such militant organizations are not given any respite anywhere in any corner of the world. And the nations which support these organizations, should realize that the fire which they lighting to burn other's homes can and will come back to burn their houses too. Alas, world is full of so many evil and corrupted minds, that these things will go on.
And on the other hand, Israel was right to attack Hezbollah positions. No country worth its salt, will allow its soldier to be kidnapped by such militant organizations and then used to trade in to get release of prisoners. But the dis-proportionate use of force on civilians in Lebanon has and will have a negative impact. A clinical use of force against Hezbollah should have been the response. How Israelis and their American friends can defend destroying highways, airports, homes and schools as fight against Hezbollah. According to an estimate, country has been pushed back 10 years atleast in terms of infrastructure damage. So many innocent lives have been lost, homes have been destroyed, families divided. What you think it will lead to? Will anyone there forget this inability of others and blatant support of Americans when their lives were being played with? Then people ask, why do people outside USA hate us? Isn't it clear why they do so?
I am no Ivy league bureaucrat, but when I can see what's wrong here why can't those who are working for state department, pentagon and white house. They must have brains much more developed than me or you for that matter, why can't they see the problem here? Why don't they get hurt by the oppression of a so called democratic and free country on an another democratic and free country. Is it only because, Israel is 51st state of USA and Lebanon doesn't have anything that interests us and of course doesn't even has oil reserves? Bush started many so called, "initiatives to win minds and hearts" of people in the outside world, this is where you need to concentrate Mr Bush. In today's information age world, you can not be just immune to pain of others when it actually can be relieved, when their lives can be made better. Because the pain we are causing to others, will for sure haunt us in future.
To add to this, this was America's chance to actually "win hearts and minds", if they had acted in a fair , moral, humanitarian and unbiased manner, after the Iraq fiasco. But by shirking from uttering even a word against the atrocities, they have actually set new standards in double speak, immorality, shameless-ness and lack of concern. It is an irony that in today's time when terrorism is so prevalent and crisis against humanity are so rife and when world needs a strong, honest, fair and moral leadership, we have a biased and selfish world leader, who's actions hardly generate any confidance or trust. I am so much pained by inaction and indifference of the people and the governments around the world. History will remember us as spineless, inhuman people of so called civilized world.
All rhetoric of freedom, terrorism doesn't apply here because the oppressor here is Israel and victim is Lebanon, which hardly interests USA in any way. It looks like that pain caused to Israelis and Americans and for that matter any westerner is pain and an "attack on the freedom" where as pain caused to rest of the world is our right to defend ourselves to protect freedom. Who are we selling this crap to?
Firstly, to start with Hezbollah's actions, they once again portrayed that they do not like peace and will never live or want peace. And every country should make sure that such militant organizations are not given any respite anywhere in any corner of the world. And the nations which support these organizations, should realize that the fire which they lighting to burn other's homes can and will come back to burn their houses too. Alas, world is full of so many evil and corrupted minds, that these things will go on.
And on the other hand, Israel was right to attack Hezbollah positions. No country worth its salt, will allow its soldier to be kidnapped by such militant organizations and then used to trade in to get release of prisoners. But the dis-proportionate use of force on civilians in Lebanon has and will have a negative impact. A clinical use of force against Hezbollah should have been the response. How Israelis and their American friends can defend destroying highways, airports, homes and schools as fight against Hezbollah. According to an estimate, country has been pushed back 10 years atleast in terms of infrastructure damage. So many innocent lives have been lost, homes have been destroyed, families divided. What you think it will lead to? Will anyone there forget this inability of others and blatant support of Americans when their lives were being played with? Then people ask, why do people outside USA hate us? Isn't it clear why they do so?
I am no Ivy league bureaucrat, but when I can see what's wrong here why can't those who are working for state department, pentagon and white house. They must have brains much more developed than me or you for that matter, why can't they see the problem here? Why don't they get hurt by the oppression of a so called democratic and free country on an another democratic and free country. Is it only because, Israel is 51st state of USA and Lebanon doesn't have anything that interests us and of course doesn't even has oil reserves? Bush started many so called, "initiatives to win minds and hearts" of people in the outside world, this is where you need to concentrate Mr Bush. In today's information age world, you can not be just immune to pain of others when it actually can be relieved, when their lives can be made better. Because the pain we are causing to others, will for sure haunt us in future.
To add to this, this was America's chance to actually "win hearts and minds", if they had acted in a fair , moral, humanitarian and unbiased manner, after the Iraq fiasco. But by shirking from uttering even a word against the atrocities, they have actually set new standards in double speak, immorality, shameless-ness and lack of concern. It is an irony that in today's time when terrorism is so prevalent and crisis against humanity are so rife and when world needs a strong, honest, fair and moral leadership, we have a biased and selfish world leader, who's actions hardly generate any confidance or trust. I am so much pained by inaction and indifference of the people and the governments around the world. History will remember us as spineless, inhuman people of so called civilized world.