Such a Sad Sad Photo, and a Dirty Deed
We read the Springfield Republican today and the front page was framed in a very sad image. Mariam Shihabiyah, a housewife in Beirut and divorced mother of five, carried her pillows outside the bombed out apartment complex where she lives. The poor women isn’t a terrorist, hasn’t put out funds to support Hezbollah, probably hates Hezbollah as much as the Israelis…but here she has had her apartment and life’s possessions bombed and destroyed.
I have often been a cheerleader on the side of Israel against the terrorist death worshipping Arabs. But this action is making me feel anger at them for this, and for the senseless bombing of Lebanon’s airport.
That runway cost $58 million to build, over reclaimed land from the sea. Twelve bridges will cost tens of millions to rebuild. I wish we would come out strongly against these ‘allies’ of ours and stop funding them.
July 18, 2006 @ 10:46 am
I wish that the funding on all fronts would stop. Certainly petrol bucks via Iran are funding outrages of their own. Imagine if all the dollars from all fronts went into tourism?
July 20, 2006 @ 1:42 am
What makes you think she doesn’t support Hezbollah? And have you seen the images of Israeli towns whacked by Hezbollah rockets? While watching TV this past weekend at a local bar, CNN had a reporter walking around a Lebanese town interviewing angry Arabs, showing all the destruction the evil Israelis were wreaking. Then the bartender changed the channel to Fox News and – what do you know – a Fox News reporter was reporting from an *Israeli* town that was getting hit by Hezbollah rockets. Works both ways, this war thing.