connecting*the*dots

Ghostdog: …”Speaking with some Arab acquaintances, none of whom are Lebanese, it seems to me that they were excited by this war and the potential for damage Hezbollah might inflict on Israel. They seem less concerned by the hopes of peace eroding, the damage in Lebanon, or the lives lost, than with the prospect of hurting Israel. There will be no progress in the Middle East unless Muslims become more concerned with improving their own lives than with the destruction of others.”…