Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Is Evil triumphing in Gaza?

I have been watching the news daily since Israel started its military air strikes on Gaza. The stubbornness of both sides frustrates me, angers me and makes me fear for our World.

I do not see much righteousness, mercy or love for ones fellow man in any of the stated positions. Hamas should not deliberately keep sending rockets into Jewish settlements targeting innocent Israel families, and Israel should not over react by killing so many innocent Palestinian families, be it allegedly as collateral damage.

No side, or even the media, can agree what a military target is anymore, as black and white seems to have merged into only dark grey. Russia's incursion into Eastern Europe recently, follows on the back of America and Britain's incursion into Iraq, all of which resulted in thousands of innocent people being killed. So when Israel does the same, the United Nations, NATO, the European Union, the Arab League etc. are all helpless to stop it, having already sat back and allowed the so called super powers to flex their muscles.

It seems to me that the only force currently triumphing is evil, as hate of fellow man is fed by those wishing to progress their cause, all of which "claim" to be right. Hamas' stated aim is the obliteration of the State of Israel, which does not leave much room for compromise! They seem to have no regard for the safety of their people, by deliberately putting their military targets in densely populated civilian areas, for in their warped view, they win either way, by discouraging air strikes or by provoking Israel to act, thereby handing them a propaganda victory, and more reasons for Palestinians to hate Israel.

Where will it all end? Well, one thing we know for sure, there is not going to be a happy ending this side of eternity, as evil becomes more evil by the day, making it harder for the many good deeds done by the more moderate God fearing folk on all sides to have any effect on the evildoers, who seem hell bent on the destruction of their enemies, and often their own peoples and themselves!

If ever proof was needed that "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing", Gaza sadly for us all humans is it.

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