Blogging for Freedom

"At least 828 Lebanese, almost all of them civilians, have been killed and 3,200 wounded over the last three weeks, the UN Higher Relief Committee said on Tuesday (08-02-06). Fifty-one Israelis have also been killed, most of them soldiers. " according to the Beirut Daily Star.  These are the bodies they have found and counted, possibly hundreds more are buried beneath the bombed-out rubble of their former homes.

Right-wing talk radio has an interesting spin to this war.  Basically, they're saying anyone opposed to Israel's right to "defend itself" is against Jews.  Anyone against Jews are Nazis. Therefore, peace activists like Jimmy Carter are really ... Nazis! The flip side, of course, is that anyone who even mentions the plight of the Lebanese people, or protests the destruction of the beautiful country of Lebanon, well then, you are a terrrorist sympathizer.

Karma. Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert said, "We will not stop our offensive until we can live life free of terror." Karma. Unfortunately, Israel has created thousands of new enemies. Young enemies who will remember their entire lives the days when warplanes and bombs destroyed their villages and homes. So much suffering and chaos and homelessness and unemployment and poverty.  Precisely the conditions that are known to spawn anger, revolt and terrorism.

Think about it.  Supposedly Syria is calling the shots at the bequest of Iran.  Israel has stated that Syria sponsors and arms Hezbollah and part of their campaign to cut these ties has been to destroy the roads between Lebanon and Syria and place an embargo on the Lebanese coast.  They also dropped flyers in southern Lebanon telling the residents to get out before starting their bombing blitz. So, where do about 300,000 of these Lebanese Shi'ite Muslims go for safety?  Syria.

Yep, Syria has stepped up and taken in over a quarter million homeless, frightened, angry people, most with nothing but the clothes on their backs and maybe a few bags or an old car.  Within a matter of days, without warning, their entire lives were completely destroyed. In all likelihood, if Israel has it's way and sets up a buffer zone from the border to the Litani River, these people will never see their homes again.  And, that's what they're advocating - "bomb the entire region until nothing is left alive."  Paraphrase by Rush Limbaugh.

These are Christians? Jesus would call for an immediate cease-fire.