Sheer bloody stupidity

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

So America launches a helicopter attack on Syria allegedly in pursuit of some al Qaeda guy. Unsurprisingly, some civilians got killed. Well, America has very good reasons for going after al Qaeda but this is not the way to go about it.

The same goes for all the other terrorism emanating from the Middle East. Jews kill Arabs and Arabs kill Jews and some Muslims travel the world to kill what they perceive are the supporters of Israel. And the outcome is just the same - innocent civilians get killed and there is no progress towards peace.

America needs to calm down and quit throwing its weight around against the Muslim world. And the Muslims need to lighten up and not to think that the whole West is against them, even if we make jokes about Allah. We make jokes about Christ too, you know.

And Israel needs to treat Arabs with respect while the Arabs need to stop the bombings.

I am aware that these are simplistic comments. However, just reflect on the conflict in Northern Ireland. 30 years of bloodshed which got neither side anywhere. Only when people sat down and talked and, most importantly buried the past, did we make progress.

My grandad was gassed in WWI but I cannot seek revenge on the Germans forever about that.

History is history and we must learn from that but nothing will ever bring the dead back to life. Maybe a little chat will reduce the future dead. Time we moved on.