Drones, airstrikes, destruction, deaths, injuries, increasing threats even to its capital, and surprising de-escalation attempts. Lebanon saw it all today.
At one point during the day, Bambi had to get out of town. While waiting in the car for a few moments before hitting the roads again, she read the news from the Middle East.
She consulted live updates, first from the Lebanese L’Orient Le jour/Orient Today, then from the Times of Israel. She thought that these quick readings might perhaps help her in understanding today’s increased violence.
Reading about war in the Middle East from her faraway country/continent, while being in a vehicle in a quiet town of Atlantic Canada, this violence seemed even more absurd.
Rationally speaking, Bambi’s brain could perhaps still try to understand some of the complexities, along with the ambiguity, of that ongoing war, both regionally and in her birth country. Yet, in those brief car moments, she was stunned with only one question coming to her mind: When will this absurdity finally end?
Indeed, when will the innocent people of her birth country finally live in peace (without shelling and/or occupation)? Same for the innocent people on the other side of the border. They also deserve to be safe. Same for all the countries of the Middle East (without intimidation)?
All this loss of life, all the lost energy, what for? Life is already too short. Instead of power struggles and endless armed conflicts, how about using human capital to build bridges among people and nations, collaborate on useful projects for humanity, enjoy getting to know one another, and to embellish the world together?
