Originally posted by: bamacre
To those hoping for an all-out war, shame on you. These two have been at war since we can all remember. What has it proven, what has it solved?
I just cannot see how one could find innocence anywhere in the region. This is a conflict of peoples who have for years chosen to live a life of fear, hatred, and vengeance. Unfortunately, it's just a glimmering reflection of the rest of the world.
This conflict is small in size when you compare it to the attrocities during WW2, or the genocides in Africa, yet this conflict has been such a thorn in the side of the entire world. It is a plague for all of us. A never-ending fight, for all to see. We all get so disgusted by the images of death, we have have taken a side, and we wish for the other to be destroyed. And in doing so, we are destroying ourselves. For neither side is innocent. Two peoples who left the God they claim to follow. They have traded Love for Fear, mercy for vengeance, compassion for hatred. It's as if they are not on separate sides at all. One in the same. One body, one mind, one soul, destroying itself.
You said it yourself... "is small in size when you compare what happened in WW2, and what is happening in Africa today".
it just so happens that this conflict is covered in news far more, than whatever happens in Africa.