Apparently the air bombing campaign wasn't killing enough Palestinian children and grandmothers. So Israeli forces are now on the ground in the Gaza strip, and the bloodshed continues.
Last night, the United Nations Security Council met in an emergency session to try to push for a ceasefire. However, one rogue nation blocked any progress -- the United States of America.
This is an embarrassment -- and worse.
We need a ceasefire by both sides in the conflict. There is nothing to be gained by more violence. The problems between Israel and the occupied Palestinian terroritories are political in nature, and can only be solved through political means, not military means. More violence will not solve the underlying problems, as we've seen for four decades now. The ongoing hostility and killing only serve to inflame the population and radicalize it on all sides.
But, of course, the Bushies failed to learned that lesson in Iraq, so we can't expect them to learn it here.
I hope that the Obama administration will act in a more enlightened and sensible way.
In the meantime, how many more people must be killed or maimed?
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