The Public Toilet

At first it was just Palestine which was in the line of fire, but now the whole of the Middle East a.k.a Nowhere Land joining the bandwagon. Initially, it used to be the good ol’ fashioned one-on-one Israel vs. Palestine bit; now things have gone to a triple threat match. To top it off, Palestine is taking on three at a time, even the US of A cannot do that without some significant help.

There is a proxy war going on in Palestine very similar to that which happened in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, there were rival factions fighting for power, one was backed the USSR and other by the USA.

This time around, the shareholders of this proxy war are many. In one corner there is the usual uninvited guest US of A along with Israel and flanked by Saudi Arabia. Their party in the ring is the organization ‘Fatah’ headed by Mahmoud Abbas, the so called Palestinian President. In the other corner, there is Hamas backed by Iran and Syria.

Although Hamas was the party elected by the Palestinians but the democratic countries of the world, some where in the West, did not agree to the results. Instead, they use the local bully and the fat side kick (Israel and Saudi Arabia) to get rid of the elected government.

If this wasn’t enough, there is another proxy war, on a smaller scale though, going on in Lebanon. The warring parties include the erstwhile dead Lebanese Army which is now, surprisingly, alive and kicking and some random Al-Qaeda wannabe faction settled in a refugee camp for Palestinians. Seeing the Lebanese Army alive again means that either the Lebanese Army is sponsored by Israel (and consequently Saudi Arabia) or it is made of some gutless wimps, or maybe both.