I have been reading the comments on the recomended diary talking about the two teenagers caught in the cross fire of the Israeli bombing of southern Lebanon and have come to the realization that the connflicts in the Middle East cannot ever be resolved by normal humans. In light of this I here offer a modest proposal that WILL solve all the problems in the Middle East once and for all, and give this area of the world a fresh, new start with better prospects for the future development of the region.
Simply put, over the last 60 years its clear now that there is a never ending cycle of violence in the middle east, mostly centered around the creation of israel. pro Israelis will offer all kinds of arugments supporting the creation of israel and its continued existance, while others who are pro Palestian will over all kinds of arugments about how evil Israel is, how they are becoming the very purveyors of death that they seek to destroy etc. mean while there is clearly a never ending cycle of human bombs, stikes against Islamic leaders via guided missles , retaliations , retaliations for the retaliations wars, threat of nuclear annilation, etc.
At this point its clear to me that the people in the region, both Jewish and Arab are locked in a hopeless and eternal cycle of violence that will never cease to exist. No amount of diplomacy ever seems to change the situation or really make lasting forward progress ( defined as a generational mitigation of the cycle of violence) but rather there are short periods of relief followed each time by a further wave of violence worse than the last.
It is clear to any obective observer that this cycle is endless and cannot be fixed, as the hatred on both sides are far to deep. one only has to spend 30 minutes reading the various flame wars right here on kos to see the depth of resentment on both sides of the issue. Even rational people removed from the comflict by 4000 miles have a hard time debating the various merits of each side of the issues without it devolving into a nasty flame war. One can only imagine what the depth of the hatred is on the spot, if this is its effect here.
Clearly there is only one possible solution. the 5 permament members of the UN should get together and completely obliterate the entire mid east region. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the old motto, kill them all and let god sort it out, is, in point of fact, the only real solution to this never ending cycle of violence. The only issue that remains to be determined is the limits of this vaporisation technique. Personally I favor the wider the limits the better. Not only will eliminating more people take a large load off the resource base of the world at large, but it will also have the added side effect of making the world a quieter and more tranquil place to live in. Really this whole plan could be expanded to cover the vast majority of the earth, perhaps leaving New Zealand and Iceland as the new garden of eden lands to repopulate the world with; those people do seem to have a better attitude than the rest of us, much more peaceful and life loving.
The best way to accomplish this is prolly with 1000s of neutron bombs, tho it's possible we could clear out the region with alot of the old nukes we have sitting around, as long as we use air bursts so as to not stir up the radioactive fallout too badly.
Really its just a modest proposal, and I do think it does manage to solve once and for all ALL the real problems in the middle east in a fair and equitable manner. That of course should always be our main goal, should it not?