Troublesome news

I usually follow the news daily on www.cnn.com, and although there isn't a whole lot of good news there, nothing usually worries me at all. However, there have been a couple of things in the news lately that have me concerned about where the future is heading. Last week it was reported that Syria had some involvement in the assassination of a Lebanese leader. The international world is not happy about that. I didn't really think much of that until I read something yesterday that really has me nervous - the Iranian leader stating that Israel should be "wiped off the map." Naturally, there seems to be an international outrage about this.

Things are already unstable in the Middle East, and I am afraid that things like this are going to keep happening and we are going to get further involved. This is already a "holy war" to some of the fundamentalist Muslims, and I think that we are biting at the bait by responding to their comments. I have a feeling that it is going to be a long time before we pull out of the Middle East, and if Syria and Iran get involved, I fear that things are going to get bloody.

I normally don't state my opinions on stuff like this because I usually don't have much of an opinion. I don't want my next statement to be taken the wrong way, I do not agree with the statements made by the Iranian leader at all, but it's purely rhetorical. That being said, would things in the Middle East be resolved if Israel were "relocated"? I understand that this is holy land for both Muslims and the Jewish. Then again, I wonder if the fighting there would just continue even if Israel weren't there. It seems as though there is fighting amongst the different sects of Islam anyway.

I know that Israel will never be "moved" and I don't think that it should. I understand why the nation was created by the United Nations and the significance of the land to the Jewish people. If we let the terrorists have their way this time, then they'll just keep pushing the limits. But I am afraid of things that will continue to unfold in the future, and I hate to see more U.S. soldiers die there.