I don't like wars. If I can have my way, people would never fight.

Yet, I think US and Isreal's demand: disarmament of Hizbullah is completely unreasonable and unrealistic. How can peace be reached with an agreement that benefit one side in particular? In deed who in the right mind would give into such a condition? Didn't we learn from the world wars that peace can only be obtained through equalization of power? We need everyone with a balance of power, not Isreal with a better army then other countries in the middle east.

At the same time, I am not naive enough to believe an immediate cease fire suggested by the UN would solve all problems. Peace would resume for a few weeks, perhaps, but how long would it take until suicide bombing begins in Isreal again? A month? Two weeks? Especially considing the turn of event in the last few days, the radicals have a practically legitimate reason to suicide bomb Isreal to oblivian! It's human nature to desire revenge on acts they deem unjust.

In fact, the whole war really began with revenge didn't it? Lebanese hated Isrealites for occupying their home a few years ago. So they let the more radical fraction to mature and watch silently at those people suicide bomb Isreal. Isrealites hated Lebanese for the random killings on their streets. So when Lebanese decided to kidnapped a few Isreal soldiers and refused to return them, they just gave Isreal an awsome excuse to take revenge. And obviously, after so many kids got killed in yesterday's bombing...

A vicious cycle.

And really, I think they only way for this to ever end is if both party invovled agreed to disarm a bit and let a third party play referee. Of course, even that probably won't last, but at least we may see peace for a few nice years.

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