As I was jogging tonight I watched the news on CNN. One of the headlines read something to the effect of people being disappointed with how the US was evacuating people from Lebanon. Seriously. US citizens who, for whatever reason, took themselves to Lebanon, which if you look at a map, lies right between Israel and Syria in a volatile part of the world. And those people are expecting the US government to get them out because they are US citizens. You carried your ass over there. Get your own ass out.
I'm terribly worried that this is the start of world war three. It makes sense. Hell this same war has been fought several times. Islam vs. Jewish/Christianity part whatever. I think this one will not be as bloody as some previous wars between the axis of evil......The whole concept of holy war. What the hell is that about? Really it is an oxymoron.
Next topic before I forget. Movies: The World Trade Center
So I think that Syria and Iran will align with the Hammas and the militants in Iraq and Afghanistan, North Korea. Then the other side will be US, Britain maybe Spain. I'm not sure how Russia and China will go but I think with us. Since Walmart is China's economy I imagine they will fly with us too. Which way do you think Japan will go? We'll see if they learned their lesson from last time.
I don't worry so much about it being a full out nukes falling apocalypse kind of war but more a thick string of terrorist attacks. Those worry me because we could very well be living next door to one. Or riding the train next to one. Or sitting in starbucks next to one. Talk about ruining your life. Try to get back to normal from a freaking terrorist attack. World War is one thing. War on my front door, that's a whole different story.
And yet whole generations in the Middle East have literally grown up with terrorist attacks. They may not have the fire power we do, and we don't really know that for sure, but they do have tenacity, and they are fearless. Eager to die in fact. It's so scary. See why I'm concerned?
All of that being said, in the mail today I got the newest edition of Time and on the cover: The Middle East. Why they fight.
I have not read the issue yet. I wanted to get my thoughts down first. Now I'm going to compare.