Amein, let me again point this discussion towards the India/Pakistan direction and compare it with the Israeli/Palestine situation.
The Indo/Pak situation has a greater potential for damage to humanity/human life. They say with one pull of the trigger 12 million people could die. That situation also has a 50 year history. Like some people on these threads are saying that there was no Palestine, we could also come up with a similar analogy with regard to Pakistan. Similarly there are lot of skirmishes, exchange of gun fire etc. where civilians are being killed. One day it is the militants from one side killing the civilians from the other side and so on. In short, the Indo-Pak situation rouses a lot of passion amongst the diputants which is similar to the Israeli/Palestenian situation.
Now starts the difference. The Indo-Pak situation has been contained. Why? Because of the role the US played. The powers that be EU, Russia, China and the US jointly worked and projected themselves as honest brokers, fully neutral, and hence they earned the respect of India/Pakistan. The danger to the 12 million lives quickly evaporated and the US along with the others can rightfully claim credit for that. And here is where you start to see the difference between US's role in the Indo-Pak conflict and the Israel/Palestenian conflict. If US chooses to play the role of a neutral broker, then they can quickly start to save all the lives that are being lost, Israel as well as Palestine. Those lives continue to be lost not because of the brutality of the Israeli army, not because of the suicide bombers, but because of US' refusal to step in and warn both parties to put a halt or else…..? as they did with India and Pakistan. But sadly, the US, which has always strived to respect human life, refuses to adopt a neutral stance thereby portraying total disregard for the sanctity of that life.
There now exists a runaway situation, where a madman like Ariel Sharon keeps chasing a aging man Arafat with the hope he can stop what is going on. And the US is just watching and standing by and being an accomplice with Israel and the suicide bombers in destroying human life.
Just my two cents. |
