sono triste

i am sad.

i have such a hard time reading about suicide bombers. the people who are hurt the most when these bombs go off are innocent civilians who did nothing more than go to class or the market. why should they be punished? they had no part in the decision making of their leaders, so leave them alone. then there are the suicide bombers themselves. usually these are young men or women who have been virtually brainwashed or given false promises. you never hear about older men blowing themselves up...because they know there is really no point and they dont want to die. they just want the young to do the dirty work for them, and then they get to stand up and point the finger at the targeted country as if having a suicide bomber come in was their fault.
i have studied suicide bombers in class before, but i still just dont get it. it would seem that suicide bombers would make a country more angry and more prone to attack instead of halting whatever the bombers were protesting. but what do i know.

this wasnt a completely random post. in jerusalem today a man came into a jewish seminary an killed at least 8 students, while in gaza hamas celebrated. also, in iraq a bomb was set off, and then a suicide bomber blew himself up when help came so as to kill even more people. first, i cant understand how anyone could celebrate death. second, why would you kill those who come to help the injured? i can see sometime in the future emergency personnel refusing to go into blast sites bc they dont want to die trying to save lives. this doesnt solve anything, and really makes me sad.

sono triste