cheap blood
When are the Lebanese going to learn? When are they going to grow up? Why is the blood of Arabs so cheap?
So the Lebanese news today. Nabih Berri was re-elected to be speaker of the parliament. No surprises, everyone expected this to occur. Yet dozens of Lebanese took to the streets to celebrate this “political victory”. Some danced, some sang, and some fired aks and rpgs into the air. Yes in 2009 we still have people in Arab countries that celebrate by shooting guns, rpgs and mortars. And every time this happens, people are wounded or killed. What a great victory they had on June 25th when 11 were wounded and one woman died. Oh how great victory is, it is even greater when people are hurt. Or is it that our blood is so cheap? I read that the woman died of a heart attack after gunman fired near her apartment, but in Lebanon the story changes from one to the other, but I don’t care for how or the reason, the point is people were hurt and killed for some lame victory.
This happens in other countries as well. People think it is a great idea to shoot at weddings. There was a story a few years ago when someone fired a mortar during a wedding in Afghanistan in celebration. If I recall correctly both the bride and groom were killed. So let us just stop this stupid behavior.
