8 years ago
Monday, February 12, 2007
The Middle East
Our lives are so hopelessly intertwined with it as they are with Central America, Mexico and much of Southeast Asia. And more parts of the world, I suppose, but those are the ones that pop to mind now. So when things like this short, credibly rendered history lesson wind up on the front page, it heartens me. And of course I'm a fan of this particular reporter and how well he translates a completely different world.
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I read Tony's story twice today -- once this morning, and a second time this afternoon. I, of course, find it frustrating that people in the Middle East (and everywhere else on the planet, for that fact) can't get along, and I appreciate -- even value -- Tony's attempt to help me understand the story that has played out in the background for the last few centuries.
My frustration comes in waves: some days, I get pissed off and just want to go b|tch-slap everyone over there while giving them a stern Rodney King-esque (and equally dire) request to just "get along." Other days, I don't know. It's like the world is so f-ed up anyway, me getting agitated about it will only serve to create the conditions for one more person's worth of suffering.
P.S. for those reading along at home, click the title of this blog entry, Middle East, to reach the WaPo story Porc is rappin' about, yo.
um, this blog is really quiet. hmmmm.
I had a dream the other night in which the Middle East was "saved" and now in peace. There was a new "president" of "Palestine" and his name was General Assad, a decrepit bedouin who had to use a voicebox because doctors removed his larynx due to smoking.
All together now: L...O...L!
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