Never ending crisis

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Dear TomHa,
As the fighting in Israel continues, more people are going to die. As the earth rumbles under the crusts of Indonesia, igniting waves of terror, more people are going to die. As people carry on their daily work of destroying the Earth's natural resources, ALL of us are going to die. I am not painting a cock and bull armageddon story. It is a fact, one that is plaintiff for all of us to see. The 2-day ceasefire has ended, marked with the endless bombing of Beirut by the Israel air force. Well done, all that is left of Lebanon as I can see in the pictures are ruins and devastation. Is it even suitable to live in?

Hizbollah is not resisting Israeli occupation... They are attacking Israel...

Some American prof in NTu said something like that. It makes some sense, however, it can't really put reason to the actions that were carried out by Israel.. They are destroying lives, lives of the innocent who perhaps know of Hizbollah's militants as some people with weapons living next to me. Also, this is not the way to solve a conflict, isn't it? The more Israel destroys Lebanon, the more the resentment will escalate, the longer the UN procrastinate in pushing for a permanent cease fire, the more the lebanese will hold resentment for the outside world. What really left me in complete aghast is the how lightly UN let go of Israel's atrocious act of bombing a UN headquarter just because the US is still supporting the Israeli cause.

Israel is fighting a Vietnam War. A war in which they might win all the battles but lost the war. Resentment against them are sky high. No matter how good their artillery and whatever bombs may be, resentment and hatred are some intangibles that cannot be torn apart by the sheer scale of military power. Israel is breeding terrorists and militant groups when their aim from the start is to exterminate the threats from these people. How ironic...

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I hope there are no mid term tests this semester. I am planning to go Padang, Indonesia to climb Mt Marapi (not the unstable Merapi) and relax throughout the whole week. I heard it is a good place to relax. The people are lazy and importantly, they make really good coffees! WoohoO!