Once again the Middle East has become a battleground. Both sides involved in the confrontation are blaming each other. Understandably it is not easy to keep the peace in the Middle East, given the politics in the region. I recalled reading the Bible and the many hardships that the people had to endure because of their disobedience to God. I am here not to preach but to ask whether there is sufficient will power among the political leaders to influence their people to work towards peaceful co-existence. Biggers nations with different political ideology can sit and negotiate, why can't two neighbours?
It is indeed sad that barely days after celebrating Christmas, brightly-lit decorations, jingle bells, sleighs, Santa Clauses and carolling are replaced by the blazing of rockets, missiles, tanks and screaming jet fighters. The pictures on the television show carnage, destruction and death. The continuous replaying of these scenes do no more than to incense the people as they watch the same television footage played over and over again. It's called "Breaking news..." though the footages are more than 24 hours hold.
Then I ask myself where is the leadership in the Arab world? Or is there no leader who can influence the region because everyone has his own vested interest to see the other weakened. That countries in the region are fighting proxy wars using the Palestinians and the Isrealis as the pawns. Someone pointed out that there is indeed a benefit coming out of this whole conflaguration. Wars will generate demand for oil, weaponry, munitions and so forth, not to mention the post-war rebuilding of towns and cities. So the beneficiaries will only indulge in empty rhetoric so long as the wars don't come anywhere close to their borders. The war therefore becomes a much needed booster to create demand and bring economies out of a recession.
