My friend, who used to study politics and international relationships, once told me "that relationships between countries are the same as relationships between people".
Well, as I studied psychology, I know that relationships between people are a bit more personal & complex, but in
some sense, I think, he is right.
We all know that relationships between countries are based
on what one can gain from the other.
So this Bush's talk about peace
is only the political campaign
and his main interest is oil in Iraq.
Furthermore, if pacifists take military actions,
they are not pacifists anymore no matter what they claim.
Thus, they become no better than the ones they fight with.
So, what is the result of USA invasion in Iraq?
Instability, deaths, heightened rage to USA & its allies?
Is it not deepening and widening of the conflict after 9.11?
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A very intellectual Lithuanian politician A. Čekuolis
named the actions of some countries "a state terrorism (valstybiniu terorizmu)". Thus, there are not only terroristic groups, there are also terroristic states as terrorism is a certain act.
What Israel has been doing for some time is being a terroristic state, deciding on the national level to kill innocent people
in order to frighten and get the enemy.
Yesterday again civil people were killed,
of course, the press didn't reveal if
the members of Hamas were also victims, but
among others there were children exploded into pieces.
What I am trying to say is that "get them before they get us" is the path that Israel is taking.
But the consequence is that this path strengthens
hatred and desire for revenge from Palestinians.
It also distances other world countries
from Israel
as EU and NATO condemn his actions.
This is a path of strengthening the conflict
instead of solving it
and it is on the big scale.
But this situation very clearly shows to me
why God teaches
to love your enemy and forgive!
Because this is the only way to solve the conflict.
A picture is from www.delfi.lt
Stored a long time ago :)
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