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That's it, reverse psychology...

I recently read an article from Al Jazeera about this Palestinian boy who was shot because an Israeli soldier...wanted to. You know, because he can. It was no accident either. Ten shots in the head. The head. After you do that kind of thing, you just feel warm and fuzzy inside, don't you?

Here's the thing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: I'm not hardcore supporting either one of them. I want peace, obviously. I don't favor Israelis or Palestinians. They both need to learn some things before there can be a chance for peace. They need to know there's a better way. Israeli soldiers could obviously use some sort of sensitivity training. Both sides need to have more humanity and compassion towards each other.

I am a big supporter of disliking other governments. Sure, that's fine. It's your opinion, right? But what always gets me is when people take their opinion too far. They start building a hate towards that country's people. Take France, for example. You hate the French! Why? It doesn't make any sense.

This seems to happen to Palestinians. Many correlate the words Palestinians and terrorists together. This likely true in many cases. Some groups obtain funding from terrorist organizations. That's not a good thing and should be stopped. The United States couldn't allow a free Palestinian state to be skipping and holding hands with terrorists.

But I'm just thinking out loud here...what if the Israelis had no United States funding? That's billions of dollars a year. This is like saying, here, take your people and have some space. This sounds similar to what happened to the Palestinians. Is it possible (just go with me) that terrorists are willing to support a group that is bent on destroying a people supported by the United States? Of course this is likely. And also, is it possible, that Israelis would create some sort of militia to fight off it's enemies (Palestine)? Might they be similar to them at all?

By expressing these ideas, I might touch some sensitive subjects. For this one in particular, I have little background knowlege of their conflicts. I have an opinion, and would appreciate it being critiqued.