My great Arventure

Messed up world

Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinski, deputy chief of staff for the Israeli army, said Israel has not ruled out a ground invasion in its plan to limit the striking capability of Hezbollah.

"At this stage we do not think we have to activate massive ground forces into Lebanon but if we have to do this, we will. We are not ruling it out,"

Courtesy of cbc.ca

Also on 14 July, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that Hezbollah is ready for “open war” with Israel. In addition, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, warned Israel of a “fierce response” if it attacks Syria.

Courtesy of haaretz.co.il

What is this world coming to? Now, Israel wants to invade and occupy the country? The Middle East is such a messed up place. And the US is basically backing a full out Israeli offensive... all in the name of anti-terrorism of course.

But in the end what this conflict boils down to is people and cultures wanting their own land, their own place to call home (or is that a naive view?). And it is such a shame that the egos and greediness of figureheads and politicians result in the death of thousands of innocent people.

posted by Arvind @ 11:28 AM