"It's The End Of The World As We Know It, And I Feel..."

With the New Year around the corner, we started to see video footage of Israel bombing Gaza. Horrific stories of rockets being propelled into Israel and the right of a nation to defend itself were repeated on every channel.

BBC reported today that a bomb killed at least 35 Shia pilgrims on Sunday. Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka killed 53 soldiers. Suicide bomber attack outside a college in Pakistan.

Does it seem like things are getting better?

I'm a realist. I get it. This is the way of the world and has always been the way of the world. Man defaults to violence to resolve issues. It has always been our way - it's in our programming. A caveman disagrees with you, you club him with your bone and the argument is resolved. In it's most beautiful, simplistic form, nature is just making sure the fittest survive.

That being said, the ways of men have complicated this exponentially. You see, unfortunately I am also an idealist. this is the part where you are going to start disagreeing with me.

I believe that every country has a right to exist and have the right to protect (preemtively if necessary) its citizens. By this idea, Israel has a right not only to exist, but to protect its people from harm. At the same time, I believe the Palestinians deserve a place to call home. Ah, quite the conundrum. Every great religion looks to Jerusalem as the spot of something holy. How do you split up prime real estate when everyone wants the same spot?

My gut tells me to evacuate the location and bomb the "Holy Land" back to the ice age. If there is nothing there, man can't fight over it. If you want, do the same in Iraq, Kashmir, Sri Lanka and parts of Africa. Only when man loses what he wants will he understand the value of what he had.

I know. It sounds savage. Also, it could create thousands of new holy warriors against the bombing country. Give me another option. Clear heads clearly do not prevail in these areas. There is no global morality. Success in these regions is directly attributed to cash up front to all the right people. All I know is that we can't continue like this. Eventually everything will explode. As a country, we are overextended. We can't police the world at this time in history. Our soldiers are in Iraq, Afghanistan and in locations all over the world to prevent a direct attack on home soil.

Someone else needs to stand up and play "Robocop." We need to take care of our own for a little while.