Arab/Israeli "conflict"

Conflict my left eyeball. It's been a war for years, so why not call it that? Anyway, I haven't posted a lot of comments on this lately, for a couple of very good reasons. First, it's being covered by other blogs much better that I could do it, second, I'm sick of it! I'd like to take all those officials on all sides of this, and just SMACK THE CRAP OUT OF THEM! From the Israeli PM to the Lebanese PM, to the U.N. to the French. Hmmm.... I smack Chirac two or three times, just on general principle. Now, don't get me wrong, I strongly support Israel's right to defend themselves. I'm just surprised they have been so patient in the past. I support the Lebanese people, for obvious reasons - my mom being the top of the list. I do NOT stand with the Palestinian people! Any one who celebrates death so much doesn't not deserve support, from anyone! Being the naive person I am, I see education at the root of all this. The Arabs involved are being educated from birth to hate, to kill, and to rejoice in the death of their "enemies". What happened to "reading, writing and 'rithmatic"? Oh, I'm sure they are taught to read.... the Qur'an, with all kinds of interpretations supporting the hate and murder of innocents. Perhaps they should be taught something else once in a while. Maybe we'd see less of the homicide bombers?