Where love has gone..............not the movie, but countries

But aren't we going through this from the day Ukraine Russia war started. It kinda gave sanctity to Israel to take an action. If the world is silent on Ukraine Russia issue, it will shut up if I attack Gaza, use the excuse of that musical festival. After all, who knows about International Court of Justice verdict against Israel? This is what happens if the proper channels are followed and the powerful do not adhere to the defined procedures.

@DaddyEvil Read this..completely.

@vandana7 I don't know anything about any of that.

I hurt every time a war starts. It is easy for safe leaders to brag. They not only get hefty salaries for being stupid, they also get security. It is the average person who has no control over their actions who pays the price. In Israel's case, my knowledge is based on information incorporated in brief in ICJ's verdict. Losing the case should have led to compliance with the verdict, not defiance. Israel's defiance is the sole reason for subsequent developments, which the world saw, but is not aware of Israel not obeying ICJ's verdict. What recourse would Palestinians then have? I think I would also be behaving the same way. Why my kids have to vacate ancestral lands, and lose their properties and wealth, while others get to enjoy it? That is being high handed just because that person has the power. Following the path of justice is the path for peace. Eating humble pie did not suit the wrong doer for political popularity.

@vandana7 My Israeli friends tell me that Israel's Prime Minster is as nutty as Trump.

@TheHorse I don't want to say I told you so, but sometime ago, I did. Temporary benefit for future troubles. Our leaders are following the same line of thinking. Live in the moment, forget about future generations. That seems to be the way these people think.

And to think religion was supposed to bring down conflicts. Nobody asks ..is there anything in Koran which tells Moslems go kill Christians and Hindus? How can Christians and Hindus be infidels when the book itself prohibits forcible conversions? Nobody willing to argue on those lines.

@crossbones27 Another reason Muslims are hated is their book tells them to remember Allah is the only god ...and Allah is powerful. The reason such words were included were a. To remind people not to follow demi gods and cheats b. To remember that the worst would pass because god can correct even that situation But when the book was written, it addressed only Muslims. When Muslims use those lines in front of others, people infer it as an insult to their faith and their gods. Even in Muslim scriptures there is mention of Jesus of Nazareth and Mother Mary (Mariam). But why would the prophet not ask people to kill Jesus and his followers in the book? It obviously means the religion was meant to be tolerant. When it became fanatic god alone knows.

@vandana7 That's a very good point. I notice atheists battle all of them online, but the religions never battle each other. At least they silly like me I guess. What a way to mess up whole world though.

It feels strange that mind was not asking for success in day's tasks to god in everyday prayers, rather ..praying for all innocents at both sides of the fence. How fragile we are ...in our thinking ...and maintaining the world. We forget, we haven't another world to send our children to.

Back then, misinformation could not be passed on easily. Back then, weapons of mass destruction were not as devastating. Now, it is about wiping out a country with just a few bombs.

@LadyDuck Japan was at the end of the war, not upfront. And then, nobody knew the devastation possible with nuclear weapons until Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

@vandana7 Are you sure? What happened to Japan when they refuse to surrender? The atomic bomb already existed, but it seems that human already forgot what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

While it was not hearts and flowers, in the erstwhile USSR, of which the Ukraine was an integral part, Ukrainians identified with Russia as their country. Iran was the only nation that stood by Israel while rest of the Arab world did not. At least that is the literature I have come across. Shah of Iran was not against Israel. The issues came up against Israel during Ayotollah Khomeini regime. Even so, I think the world went wrong in deciding the fate of Israel and Palestine, just like it did a shoddy job of India Pakistan issue. The issues should reach the UN table, and more permanent solution should be sought...with fairness towards one and all.

@Ineeddentures 2014 seems rather recent. Yes, to that Kalashnikov too. Its history prior to USSR has not been of unity and strife free region. So, perhaps soviet union helped it to get its act together.

@vandana7 "While it was not hearts and flowers, in the erstwhile USSR, of which the Ukraine was an integral part, Ukrainians identified with Russia as their country." When? Before Russia annexed Crimea in 2014? Oh yes there was a referendum on the issue which came out in favour of Russia, but how would you vote as a Ukrainian with a Russian Kalashnikov pointed at your head Since then, Nah, Ukrainians in general have never really identified as Russian.

This overshadowed the Air India disaster for me because I now expect a more serious conflict to come up.

@vandana7 At the moment we are well away from most of it but who knows how long that will last?