31 days. More than a thousand dead. More than 4000 injured. And dying. Homelessness. Hunger. Poverty. Displacement. Disease. And the list of what describes the aftermath of a war goes on.
What has been accomplished? What has been achieved that couldn’t have been attained with diplomacy and negotiations? The fatalities? The destruction of what took 30 years to build?
Perhaps there was accumulation of some bombs and weapons that Israel didn’t know what to do with anymore.
Perhaps it needed to test them and see how harmful they can prove to be.
Or perhaps it thought it can perform all these inhuman acts against a much less militarily prepared and unprotected country and get away with it. And it is. Like it could in 1967, 1982 and 1996. But then isn’t that always what encouraged the Israeli government to act so recklessly all the time? While so many rulings and punishments went for so many countries after violating international resolutions put forth by UNSC, nothing ever threatened Israel.
Perhaps as much as Israel is bearing the trauma of being a genocide victim, the whole world (or at least US and Europe) seems to be putting up with the trauma of being a perpetrator. Well, Israel is not the victim anymore.
Who’s going to feel guilty now? Who’s going to pay for all this mess? Who is going to bow its head before all the dead?
I do not know how many more wars have to be waged before some punishment sets in the formula. Lebanon is over now, but there’s still Palestine. I just know I can’t stomach the thought of all those victims’ and martyrs’ blood being shed like an offered sacrificial animal’s at some altar. At least when an offering is made, something is expected in return.
What has been accomplished? What has been achieved that couldn’t have been attained with diplomacy and negotiations? The fatalities? The destruction of what took 30 years to build?
Perhaps there was accumulation of some bombs and weapons that Israel didn’t know what to do with anymore.
Perhaps it needed to test them and see how harmful they can prove to be.
Or perhaps it thought it can perform all these inhuman acts against a much less militarily prepared and unprotected country and get away with it. And it is. Like it could in 1967, 1982 and 1996. But then isn’t that always what encouraged the Israeli government to act so recklessly all the time? While so many rulings and punishments went for so many countries after violating international resolutions put forth by UNSC, nothing ever threatened Israel.
Perhaps as much as Israel is bearing the trauma of being a genocide victim, the whole world (or at least US and Europe) seems to be putting up with the trauma of being a perpetrator. Well, Israel is not the victim anymore.
Who’s going to feel guilty now? Who’s going to pay for all this mess? Who is going to bow its head before all the dead?
I do not know how many more wars have to be waged before some punishment sets in the formula. Lebanon is over now, but there’s still Palestine. I just know I can’t stomach the thought of all those victims’ and martyrs’ blood being shed like an offered sacrificial animal’s at some altar. At least when an offering is made, something is expected in return.
>>Daisy
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"What has been accomplished? What has been achieved that couldn’t have been attained with diplomacy and negotiations? The fatalities? The destruction of what took 30 years to build?"
Answer: the irresponsible Lebanese people will now take seriously the need to end the dominion of Hezbollah in the south.
Are Lebanese people stupid? A huge terrorist organization had been comitting acts of war against other UN member states --- FROM LEBANESE SOVEREIGN TERRITORY!
Did the Lebanese people really believe this could go on for decades without any response?
How dumb.
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