“15 thousand tonnes of fuel spillage…”

“It will require decades to clean up the surrounding shores…”

“This is the worst pollution crises Lebanon has ever suffered in its history as a nation…”

Watching the news late last, I surprised myself. Somehow, I was even more shocked, more hurt, more devastated by images from Beirut - despite the fact that I had begun to feel ‘jaded’ these days. But then again, it never occurred to me that Lebanon’s beautiful shores would also be forced to shroud themselves in the mourning colour of black.

I can’t describe to you how much it hurt to see the environmental destruction Lebanon is suffering. It’s now enough that 25 percent of the population has been forced to flee. It’s not enough that children are sleeping in the empty hallways of school buildings and against the rough gravel of the street - those children, that is, who have not been charred to a black cinder.

It’s not enough that the country has been bombed to a rubble, that the economy is in shreds, that employment is non existent, that blood flows freely in the demolished streets and alleys.

No…now that reassuring blue of a constant ocean has also been tampered with, and the beautiful, comforting shores of Lebanon are defiled.

My God…does Israel even realize how much hate and anger they are fueling in the most pacifist of souls??

Does Israel honestly think they can continue insulting our intelligence for so long and claim this war is against Hizb Allah?

Does the US honestly believe we will buy into the claims it makes - that Israel is simply being a ‘helpful’ neighbour to Lebanon and aiding in removing ‘terrorist’ influences in Beirut and its nation?

Do people in this world of ours REALLY buy into that?? DO THEY????

Hat tip to
+ Beirut Update for the pictures
+ Blogging Beirut
+ Beirut to the Beltway