All wars are brutal, ugly and inhumane. And it seems to me that that ugliness has impacted DU. [View all]

[Cyrano]

From what I've seen over the past few days, we are totally fractured over what has happened in Israel. Some place the blame on Israel, some place the blame on Palestinians, some place the total blame on Iran for fomenting, arming and enabling Hamas, some still dream of a two-state solution, and some are totally ignorant of the mid-East conflict but are putting up mindless posts. Nonetheless, Hamas has lit a fuse that will cause countless deaths on all sides for the foreseeable future. And it seems this was their aim.

If we here on DU can't reach common ground, it's not surprising that the never-ending Middle-East conflict has been going on since Israel declared statehood in 1948.

I've been involved in a few of these threads, and I find the hostility of some to be beyond what's acceptable. I never reply to posts that will only lead to more disagreement and hostility.

I guess my major complaint/bitching is our incivility towards each other. We're better than this and we must try to keep it civil.