Credo

 

A young Palestinian man was found in Israel; he had a bomb strapped to him. When it detonated, it didn't detonate properly and he was wounded. He did not get the triumphant results that he was seeking; he did not blow himself up and the people that were around him. And so he was captured. When the newsman asked him, "Why did you do this?" He said, "They killed my friend and I wanted to die." In other words, it was that simple: "They killed my friend and I wanted to die." 

We think that those pure and simple words speak to this (Middle East Crisis) more clearly than all other words that have been spoken. It is that feeling that you've done this to me, so I'll do this to you, then you'll do this to me, and then I'll do this to you. And what happens in that is: It just gets bigger and bigger, and bigger. And no one ever wins. There is no triumph that ever comes from any of that.

--- Abraham

Posted on July 27, 2011 and filed under Credo.