Middle East Blues

The news from the Middle East is not good this evening. Israel and Lebanon seem to have found themselves in a terrible place, and with no real idea of how to move on and out of the hole they are now in together.

Amongst the many tragic elements in this farce is that the men of violence on both sides have gained the upper hand and are once again showing that they don't want peace, are able to set the agenda, and are quite willing to kill more and more inoccent people on all sides.

Alongside this, it is clear the Hamas and Hizbollah have a very good grasp of the American polictical dynamic and have guessed that Washington DC is not in a position to act until after the November mid-term elections.

I haven't been this depressed about events in the Mid East for a long time.