Israel and Lebanon *can* get along…Houston has proof
It’s sad to see what is going on in the Middle East. And just to clarify, Israel isn’t fighting Lebanon, but rather Hezbollah which is a militant group that the P.M. of Lebanon can’t seem to control. It seems that the mainstream media is trying to paint this as a war between Israel and Lebanon, which isn’t the case.
Despite what one might be led to believe, we can all get along. And quite prosperously I would add. Proof? Hilcroft. Specifically between Westheimer and I-59. Tons of stores, restaurants and other kinds of businesses that represent a multitude of diversity. Mexican Panaderias, Indian restaurants, a Russian general store, Baptist church (not a business, but I bet they’ll take your donations ;-D) a bagel shop, and much more. There’s an article and an interactive section over on the Chron about Hilcroft.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4047533.html
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/06/hillcroft/hillcroft.html
It’s a bit hard to argue that Israel is fighting Hezbollah, not Lebanon, when their fight involves destroying lots of Lebanese infrastructure and civilians.
But you are right, there’s nothing hard-wired into us that make this bloodshed necessary.
Yeah, you’re right. Good point. The casualty list is very lopsided with Lebanese (not just Hezbollah) casualties going way past Israeli casualties. Makes me wonder how Hezbollah thinks they have a chance against Israel. Anyway, I just wanted to write about this because it’s a curious thing about how Houston is such a melting pot of culture. Houston is geographically smaller than any country currently at war and yet we somehow seem to pull it together(not completely without issue but we do a good job).
I will say that Lebanese food rocks, and living near Westheimer/Winrock, I am surrounded by it.