聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The other day I was reading through the comments on an article about how the Liberals have already run into trouble with keeping to their platform. Honestly though, are there any political parties that have come in after a different government has been in power for nearly a decade that was able to create immediate change or be able to keep every single one of their platform promises exactly? The answer: No. Change takes time and a few months is barely enough time to do anything in politics except be criticized, no matter the political party in question.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The article addressed the Liberals pulling fighter jets out of the Middle East and opting for a different military contribution, which has at the time I write this not been released, perhaps they鈥檙e still working on the specifics. I personally prefer when Canada acts in peace keeping missions as opposed to being as aggressive as Americans which under the Conservative Government seemed to be the case.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The comment from the person 鈥渢rolling鈥� the news site stated, in reference to our Prime Minister, 鈥淗e鈥檚 anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, as was his Father. And, I would be very surprised if he wasn鈥檛 very anti-American鈥� also like the old man. My guess he actually sympathizes with ISIS.鈥� This rather strong statement garnered 15 likes at the time I read it.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 My first thought, 鈥淩eally? Just because our Prime Minister would rather take a different role in the conflict in the Middle East he is all of a sudden anti-Semitic and anti-Israel as well as an ISIS sympathizer? Give your head a shake.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Looking at the historical legacy of Israel, I鈥檓 personally not sure it was the best decision and would actually argue the world powers should have found a different way. It鈥檚 not the state of Israel I鈥檓 against, I just find that its creation became and has ever since remained a source of contention in the Middle East.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Yes, the land once belonged to Jewish people, but the Romans expelled the Jewish people from the land 2,000 years ago, and the area became a place of conflict. The Byzantines were there, Babylonians, and more, while Muslim people began flourishing there around 600 CE. The area has never seen peace though. Despite this unrest and other people living there the State of Israel was simply proclaimed on May 14, 1948, without the countries which were already there鈥檚 acceptance of it. In fact they called it 鈥渁l-Nakba鈥� or The Catastrophe in English.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 To be honest it鈥檚 not surprising that there has never been peace there. Palestine was divided up and Israel plunked down separating what is now the Gaza Strip from the rest of Palestine. People were moved out of their homes and relocated to form Israel, and why? Well, because the rest of the world decided that they should have their land back. However, that land wasn鈥檛 empty and those people that were displaced were uprooted from their homes and sent along their way with what they could carry.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 really no wonder the Middle East is unhappy with the Western world. Since its creation Israel has found itself in continual conflicts with Egypt, West Bank, Gaza, Iran, Iraq during the war over Kuwait in 1991 and were under rocket attack again 2006 by Iraq, and Palestinian guerrillas based in Lebanon. It鈥檚 never seen peace and continues to be a point of contention in the world.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I think when Israel was formed there had to have been a better way to do it because plunking down a country with its borders carving out the land causes issues. It鈥檚 similar to the creation of India and Pakistan (later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh) following the partition of British India. This became the largest mass migration of people in history, but a series of borders were created and countries made at a whim which didn鈥檛 actually follow where people were living. They thought they were giving Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims their own countries essentially, but the random borders of the countries didn鈥檛 actually correspond creating tremendous issues in these newly created countries.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, I feel as though the person who made the statement about or Prime Minister and the 15 people who like his status may not understand the intricacies of the Middle East and how volatile it is there because the world has drawn these random boundaries without the consideration for a people that had been living there.
