I couldn't turn my back for 24 bloody hours without a major escalation in Gaza, could
I?
It's like some cosmic force with a bad temper and a worse sense of humor heard me and
said, "You don't wanna care anymore eh? Well I'll make you pay attention, you smug prick!
No willful ignorance for you, ya hypocrite!"
Everyone in the same boat as the Gazans, who
have lived in fear of such an assault and are quite possibly next on the hit parade, are
eerily silent on the media front.
More disturbing than the lack of emotion or action on
the part of the Western world is the sudden silence and stillness of the Middle East, the
people most directly affected.
So here I am, 24 hours later and ripping my damned hair out over the stuff I was trying to
make myself ignorant of. Just typical. There are several points though I hadn't considered
before coming back here to think.
Why is Iran so silent on the issue of Israel's attacks, after having a highly publicized shouting match with
Israel just in the last few months with unholy threats being passed around like biscuits
at a tea party? Are the surrounding nations solidifying their defenses in response? Are
they launching official petitions with the UN? I hate to be the one to say this out loud
as it's always an invitation for catastrophe, but I don't like this. Even with all the
insanity that's going on when you stop and think about it in terms of the entire
conflicted region and all of it's interlinked power-players...
It's too quiet...
Where are the rallying cries? The furious condemnations? The offers of temporary alliance
against a common enemy? There's just nothing. Everyone in the same boat as the Gazans, who
have lived in fear of such an assault and are quite possibly next on the hit parade, are
eerily silent on the media front. More disturbing than the lack of emotion or action on
the part of the Western world is the sudden silence and stillness of the Middle East, the
people most directly affected.
Doesn't something about that seem odd? Frightening even?
Also, after reading this brief article, Study shows that "decision by committee" works
worst when the committee consists of eight people, I have to wonder if there's some correlation between the state of the world economy and
the number of people who are most directly responsible for guiding it. Namely, the Group
of Eight or G8. (Previously G7, before Russia officially joined in 1998)...
