Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Lebanon Under Attack !

What one rightly calls as the change of winds applies well to lebanon. Hardly anyone in Beirut would have thought their city & eventually lebanon, under attack from Israeli Defence Froces(IDF) . The agreed view against IDF is their unmatched hard hit on the already wailing lebanon. It has hardly woken from their invasion decades ago.
Ofcourse rationalist argue Israel is not the one to go to war and was very nastily prompted by extremism. IDF has decided to finish hizbullah once and for all. But their greatest challange would be to fight the terror groups whose identity is very difficult to distinguish from an innocent civilian ! In one sense, the lebanese themselves are paying for their support to hizbullah.
Danger in this whole conflict is that, a breed of new generation would rise bearing their full brunt on those who attacked them thus putting the idea of sustained peace in the region atleast half a century away ! Terror is a phenomenon taking shape rapidly in new age and response to it should be to curb it at its root rather than letting an offshoot. Otherwise purpose would be lost !
Israel has all the right as any state to defend itself, but should be done with utmost caution with least possible impact. Ehud omlert inspite of his very less military service has come out as a hardliner than expected. His body language clearly states this man knows fully the impact of military action.

Peace in and around Israel is as important as Indo-pak , S & N korea. Asia also has recently seen constant conflicts threatening the future of millions ! Middle east & asian peace are good indicators of journey towards a better world ! Hope the journey begins late than never!

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