Frustrations

The whole middle east conflict has really bothered me the past several weeks. In any crisis or disaster I immediately identify with the vulnerable and the poor. There is something inside me that just wants to SCREAM when there is any sense of injustice. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are displaced in Lebanon right now. Aid supplies can not get to them. There is a lack of water and sanitation. Civilians feel like the victims of a war they had nothing to do with.
I just have to say I am incredibly disappointed in the response to what is happening -- especially in Lebanon. The fact that any country (ahem...the US) would allow any other country in the world (Israel...) to basically kill as many children and other innocent victims as they deem necessary in order to "disarm" Hezbollah without allowing any avenues for civilians to escape (by bombing bridges, roads, airports, etc) OR any avenues for humanitarian aid to get to the injured and displaced is just dispicable. The bottom line is that these are human beings who are bearing the brunt of a decades long fight. The only reason the US is not screaming about this is because it is Israel doing the killing. That's the unfortunate truth. It shouldn't matter if it is Israel, China or Mickey Mouse who is killing innocent civilians -- it should be condemned! Most humanitarian organizations are publically pleading for a ceasefire and for the protection of civilians. But the battle rages on.... and we just have to wonder when will the world ever learn that violence does not bring peace....