Listening to the radio the other night (I really must post a tribute to the best radio broadcaster in the world, Mr Rhod Sharp) I heard an interesting interview with a Middle East commentator. The subject was, of course, the current nightmare situation in Isreal/Lebanon/Palestine.
In his second language English the commentator referred to Isreal and Hezbollah as 'partners in war'. Perhaps he didn't mean it, perhaps he was struggling for vocabulary that he didn't quite have. But that phrase "partners in war" resonated with me as highly appropriate. These people like fighting, they love war, they need each other to fight against to justify their ideologies. They are not interested in peace. The sooner we realise this then the better we will be able to deal with whatever death and chaos they cause throughout the world.
And we could probably take this further. Rarely is any war fought that is a simple case of good versus evil, right triumphing over might. Most wars and countries behind them are driven by political agendas and are quite deliberate in their violence.Which leaves me even more at a loss about how to respond.
In his second language English the commentator referred to Isreal and Hezbollah as 'partners in war'. Perhaps he didn't mean it, perhaps he was struggling for vocabulary that he didn't quite have. But that phrase "partners in war" resonated with me as highly appropriate. These people like fighting, they love war, they need each other to fight against to justify their ideologies. They are not interested in peace. The sooner we realise this then the better we will be able to deal with whatever death and chaos they cause throughout the world.
And we could probably take this further. Rarely is any war fought that is a simple case of good versus evil, right triumphing over might. Most wars and countries behind them are driven by political agendas and are quite deliberate in their violence.Which leaves me even more at a loss about how to respond.
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