Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Its a vicious cycle

It was a typical Tuesday morning, driving to work around 645am, stuck in Jam, reached office at 720am, make myself a cup of milo and grabbed a copy of the Sun newspaper. However, the moment my eyes set on the newspaper headlines, the heart sank so deep to an extent that i felt like i'm suffocating. My tears threaten to fell. I dont really shed tears for people whom i dont know, but the photo of the baby covered with blood in the arms of a man really sadden my heart. How low can human fall?

Gaza Palestine, 12 January 2009 : A Palestinian boy wounded during Israel's offensive is carried into Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire.

Christmas came and gone, despite all the UN's intervention effort, demonstration and street protest, the Israel-Gaza war still continues, with no sign of cease fire. Religious issue, political issue, territorial issue etc., how can that lead to a justified killing and blood shed? Dear sons of God, how can you do such things to bring suffering to the life created by The Almighty, whose the same hand had chosen you to become His sons? none of these i can really understand and will ever understand.
Its been a vicious cycle of war after war, 911 incident, the decapitation of South Korean to the recent Bombay's bombing... when will this ever ends? It doesnt take a genius to figure out that Justified War is a liscence to kill, how can the world leaders who are the graduates from Oxford and Cambridge can be so blind and ignorant, thinking that war is the solution.

I really hoped that we can celebrate the coming spring with a piece of mind, knowing that while we are feasting and having reunion with family members, the people far on the other side of the world will have no more pain.

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