Unveiling the Light

If you have a strong heart and haven't eaten yet, take a look at the blog, EUReferendum at http://eureferendum.blogspot.com. Look up the article, "Who is this Man." The author gathers pictures of the Quana massacre and the time the pictures were taken and analyses the people involved. He shows how the dead children are being "posed" for pictures. In all of the pictures, which made the headlines across the world, the same "rescue workers" are pictured, sometimes in different dress. Once the man's camouflage and body armor were showing, and sometimes he had different roles in various pictures.

The papers involved have issued a rebuttal but I am still unconvinced that these children and women were not put into this shelter knowing that it would be hit. There were no men in the shelter. Where were they? Whether the time line on the pictures holds up or not, it is clear that the terrorists are exploiting these deaths for their own propaganda use. This is especially true as they are using civilians as human shields in hopes of holding off strikes by Israel.

There are a lot of issues at play in the Middle East but what bothers me about the situation is the utter lack of regard for human life shown by the terrorists. Any people who would turn their own children into human bombs or use their deaths for propaganda have gone beyond my imagination for human behavior. One could say that the Jewish forces are showing a lack of regard for Lebanon deaths but at least they are targeting military sites and are even allowing Lebanese to use Jewish hospitals.

One side is intent on killing any Jews, regardless of the slaughter it causes among its own people while the other is trying to save its people while adapting methods to minimizing the deaths of innocents in a hostile nation. The rockets used by Hezbollah cannot be precisely aimed. Like the V-1 and V-2 rockets of Hitler, they are imprecise and thus are weapons of terror to be used against civilians.

What bothers me is how do we negotiate or deal with a people with such hate in their hearts? Recently they held another “Day of Rage,� a common practice to build up the hate of the people towards the Jews. How does peace have a chance in such an environment? I have no doubt that there are issues of justice and opportunity that need to be addressed for the Palestinian and Lebanese people but how do you address such issues with someone who wants nothing more than to kill you? Syria is a backer of the terrorists and has a long history of breaking agreements and outright lying. Iran spews nothing but hate and destruction towards Israel and the entire West, especially the United States. Who do you negotiate with? Who is the voice of reason on the other side?