Time for an update

Yet again we mourn the loss of more of our brave lads fighting a war that should not be happening. Now it seems that two of those deaths are through "friendly fire". Someone made a bad mistake and I imagine that person will be going through mental hell. War sucks and accidents happen. I think it's more important to praise and support all of our boys and girls over there than it is to start trying to blame anyone for their mistakes. I know the majority of people hope and pray that the conflict will end soon.
In the old days the king was always at the head of his troups when they went into battle. Maybe if we were to put the politicians that call up these wars in the same situation they would think a lot harder about starting one.
I'm very puzzled about one thing. For many years the Jews fought for a home land. For many years they were persecuted. In the end they succeeded and the persecution was stopped. You would think that would make them more understanding about the Palestinians desire for a home land and make them less likely to persecute anyone. I don't know who is right or wrong about what is happening over there but I do know that what is happening is wrong. Both sides need to put away their weapons and start to talk properly with a determination on both sides that they will reach an agreement. Once again the civilians suffer most in a needless conflict. Both sides claim to be religious and both sides are breaking their own religious teachings with their actions. I'm not a believer but if I were I think I would be arguing that in the end their god will make them suffer for their sins. Why is the rest of the world sitting back and letting them kill each others children. The UN should be a force to be reckoned with and in these sorts of situations both sides should be told to pack it in or face the consequences and if they don't then a UN force made up of troups from every country in this world should go in and separate them, by force if necessary.
The more time goes on the more it seems that the world is becoming a worse place for our children to grow up in when it should be a better one with all the advances over the past century.
I would love to get some responses on this but although many people read the blogs- no one wants to bother to comment.