Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Latest news in the Haditha case (massacre of 21 civilians) is that cover-up took place up to a high rank in the chain of command. It should be interesting to see what penalties are given to those higher up.
Israel kills scores in Gaza. In return, Hezbollah kidnaps two Israeli soldiers. I have a bad feeling in my stomach about the Middle East situation (well, more so than normal).
Insurgents in Iraq show that they don’t care much to differentiate between innocent and guilty (a better question might be how to define the two). Sad incident in India, where deadly train bombings cause 147 deaths. Widely blamed Kashmiri separatist groups deny involvement.
Bush calls Stephen Harper by the name Steve three times in one press conference!
Now that I’ve depressed everyone with news of killings and bombings, the world’s not such a bad place. We just have to ensure that there is a proper balance between the two extremes. So don’t be obsessed with such news all the time but don’t completely ignore it either because both are harmful in the long term.
Israel kills scores in Gaza. In return, Hezbollah kidnaps two Israeli soldiers. I have a bad feeling in my stomach about the Middle East situation (well, more so than normal).
Insurgents in Iraq show that they don’t care much to differentiate between innocent and guilty (a better question might be how to define the two). Sad incident in India, where deadly train bombings cause 147 deaths. Widely blamed Kashmiri separatist groups deny involvement.
Bush calls Stephen Harper by the name Steve three times in one press conference!
Now that I’ve depressed everyone with news of killings and bombings, the world’s not such a bad place. We just have to ensure that there is a proper balance between the two extremes. So don’t be obsessed with such news all the time but don’t completely ignore it either because both are harmful in the long term.
Faraz Ahmed 11:10 a.m.