Enough already

Okay, this is getting goddamn ridiculous. According to the BBC, Israel has already killed roughly 750 Lebanese civilians, while only 55 Israelis have been killed. And yet Israel is showing absolutely no signs of cutting off their invasion or cutting off their air strikes.

Not only that, but apparently now Syria is preparing to get involved. From Reuters:

"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel."

Can we say "absolute chaos"?

Honestly, though, I've been reading a goodly bit of material every day, trying to sort out where blame lies for what, and I'm quite befuddled. Israel is definitely guilty of overreacting, but it's hard to blame them for it, seeing as how they're literally surrounded on all sides by hostile forces, from Iran all the way to Hamas. But the Arab population also has legitimate grievances against the Jewish state, such as the illegal occupation of Palestine. And now, the Arab world can simply point to this new incursion and say, look at this bullshit! The Jews are killing us by the fucking hundreds, and the world isn't doing shit about it! Compound that with the fiasco in Iraq, and it's not hard to see how and why the Arabs are pissed off both at Israel and the U.S.

I just can't help thinking that this is all a big waste of energy. Please, feel free to chime in, one and all.