They wonder, why?
Why are they paying for the sins of others?
Or, why are they caught between Hezbollah and Israel?
Perhaps they wonder -- and they should -- why does the American Preisdent think the destruction of their democratic nation will bring the "flowering of democracy" to the Middle East?
In Lebanon, they probably wonder whether all their children will die because two Israeli soldiers became casualties of a war no child started.
It is a cause for wonder, don't you think?
Greg Palast has something for you as you begin to wonder:
We are trained to think of Middle Eastern conflicts as just modern flare-ups of ancient tribal animosities. But to uncover why the flames won’t die, the usual rule applies: follow the money.
Am I saying that Tehran, Riyadh and Houston oil chieftains conspired to ignite a war to boost their petroleum profits? I can’t imagine it. But I do wonder if Bush would let Olmert have an extra week of bombings, or if the potentates of the Persian Gulf would allow Hamas and Hezbollah to continue their deadly fireworks if it caused the price of crude to crash. You know and I know that if this war took a bite out of Exxon or the House of Saud, a ceasefire would be imposed quicker than you can say, “Let’s drill in the Arctic.”
So, maybe, you could go read the rest of what Palast has to say, and think about what's really happening to Lebanon and the Middle East. It truly is a wonder.
