ENOUGH KILLING ALREADY

The ongoing slaughter in Gaza has got to stop. Sophisticated weapons in use by Israel are inflicting a horrendous toll on the innocents within the captive population in Gaza. Bombing Schools, the UN refugee compound and now a hospital is not good. With the sophisticated weaponry that Israel has in it’s arsenal these events  really make them look like the bad guys.

Inflicting such damage on a population is only going to make it much harder to accomplish a lasting peace in future as it sows the seeds of hatred so much deeper. The citizens of Gaza will join Hamas as a forum for exacting revenge on those who have killed their friends and families , and so the cycle will continue. Generation after generation of fighting will just keep making the hatred for each other go deeper and stronger. The longer it goes on the deeper the hatred will run.

The world is implicit in this problem as they have stood by and watched, essentially saying to Israel, just get it done. The mismatch in weaponry in this conflict is putting the Israeli’s in such a bad light worldwide, that they will have a hard time gaining credibility as a peace loving nation.

I wonder if the Israeli, and worldwide, leadership have really thought through the consequences of their actions in this ongoing dispute. The eventual backlash for the suffering they have inflicted on these souls may eventually become intolerable, as the backlash will be worldwide. The Palestinian children growing up in these deplorable conditions will surely feel justified in their hatred of the Israeli’s, and little wonder why. It’s hard to bomb a people into loving you.

Hamas, of course, must be contained but there must be a better way to do that than to condone such slaughter as is now occurring .

STOP THE KILLING!!!!!!