The Middle East Mess

Looks like World War III is about to begin in the Middle East with Israel bombing Lebanon. In my opinion this is an intense overreaction on Israel's part. Just because they have all that military might doesn't mean they should be so quick to use it. Dropping bombs all over the place terrorizes innocent civilians and galvanizes support for that country's government. If Israel further escalates the situation and bombs Syria or Iran then all hell will break loose in the region with the US in the middle. Israel needs to realize that they're supposed to be on morally superior ground compared to the terrorists. Just because terrorist groups murder innocent civilians doesn't make it right for Israel to do the same. When it comes to innocent civilians being killed, it's equally appalling whether it's a Jewish child or a Muslum child who is killed. I know there are those that will argue that Israel doesn't purposely target civilians but Israel knows that when they shoot a missile at a car driving on a busy street, innocent civilians will be killed along with the terrorists.

Of course the US government is in no position to lecture Isreal about high moral standards when our own government has approved of torture and went to war with a country based on lies. It's really ashame we don't have a President who has an understanding of whole Middle East region like President Clinton did. This President will not stand up to Israel which means Israel has the green light to unleash their military superiority on their Muslim neighbors. While i have no sympathy for the terrorists, i do have sympathy for all those innocent civilians which will be killed as a result of Israel's actions. It's really ashame that the extremist on both sides are the ones that will determine the outcome of the latest crisis in the region.