Shouldn't we be alarmed, and intrigued, and baffled by the turn of events in the volatile Middle East? Should we be surprised that things are heading haywire? Not by any shot. No!

We should be asking ourselves whether we really have "world leaders", and if there really is an "international community". Each soul lost, whether soldier or civilian, is "slain" in vain! Together and apart, the leaders and the community owe us...and hold us.

The final question should be....."of what QUALITY be both".... pillars and platforms?

Soon, positions will deepen and harden on all sides. Sooner than our political leaders will ever know, times and tides will change. And all of them will be at the mercy of "history".

For them, like for the harassed and hapless peoples of the states of Israel and Lebanon, and the Palestinian Territories, there shall be "no hiding place". But, unlike these peoples, who are at the mercy of these leaders plus platforms, history will own its say.

Now, we bleed. Then, they will.