Sunday, Bloody Sunday

I rarely make any connection to anything politcal or controversial in this blog. There are many, many blogs that deal with those issues and would do a far better job than I would ever do under the circumstances. However, when physical combat hits home, then that's another story. I know someone who is currently studying in Israel. In fact there are thousands of Americans in Israel at this very moment. There are just as many, if not more, in Lebanon right now. Innocent people are at risk because of what's going on in that part of the world, and the prospects of this localized battle widening and involving other countries, is a very real possibility. Thousands of parents are frightened out of their minds because their children are on the other side of the world either studying or vacationing or visiting relatives and they either cannot leave or are afraid to leave. I won't discuss whether or not Israel had a right to do what they did and whether or not we, as a country, should get involved in the attack on Hezbollah (afterall, it is this terrorist group that Israel is fighting and not the good people of Lebanon), but I do want to send out a prayer to all of those children today that they are returned home safely into the arms of their parents and that this battle ends as quickly as it began.