ex tempore

As any reader of it already discovered the good people of Planet Gnome these days is ‘discussing’ politics, namely the Middle East present mess. The issue isn’t, nor it should, of course, about free speech – is simply about common sense, and… knowledge of the facts. In fact the issue shouldn’t be about black and white, abound being pro or anti Israel, but about knowing the facts, and then, and only then, talk about what is happening. Doing otherwise doesn’t add anything to a solution, neither adds greater credibility to those who do it. But lets go to the facts… Fact is that the first Israeli soldier kidnapped by the military (hard-wing) Hamas, was one day after the political wing of Hamas has reached a tentative agreement with Palestinian President Abbas regarding the recognition of Israel as having the right to exist as a state. A coincidence for sure. Fact two – Lebanon. Sorry, but is really Lebanon a sovereign state ? Really ? Or is it simply a Syrian protectorate ? Remember the brutal murder of former Lebanese Prime-Minister ? Hariri ? Well, all evidence pointed to Damascus, but then, no special international rage emerged. It is brutally obvious that neither Iran nor Syria want peace in the Middle East and is also obvious that current developments (from all parts) aren’t the best way to achieve any kind of solution. But ignoring evidences and painting black and white pictures won ‘t help either, and only leads to more confusion. Unless we ‘re already in a state where facts simply don ‘t matter anymore. That would be sad, very sad, really.