My Sarah forwarded me an email asking me to sign a petition, to stop the bloodshed in the middle east; specifically the current Israel - Lebanon conflict. So I did. Though I don't think it will make any difference at all. It really wont matter how many people sign the petition. We could get the whole nation to sign it and it still wont affect anything. 2 million democratic citizens of this country marched through the streets of London in protest against the war in Iraq, did it make a difference? No!
Both sides of the conflict are showing a flagrant disregard for international law; many innocent civilians are being killed. It has already developed into a 'tit for tat' conflict, where each side claims their attacks are in retaliation against the other.
Hizbollah are a guerilla group, they have limited means in acheiving their objectives, they are not a nation in themselves, they do not have a proper military and they do not have a representative in the UN. Israel do. Israel are in a greater position to end this conflict, they can be the bigger party, they can choose not to retaliate and they can choose not to use more and more force to resolve this. But they won't. Israel think they can get away with doing whatever the hell they want, with impunity. Do you know what? They can, because the US lets them. They are just as much terrorists as the people they label as such.
This conflict will end if the US tells Israel to stop, simple as that, they have the power and they are the only ones who have the power to stop it. So petitions and protests and UN calls for ceasefires are going to do nothing until the US acts against Israel. I really think that is the cold hard truth of the matter
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