how do i respond

in the time i have been back several people have said to me "you look good"

in reference to what

i think that it is a parent thing to say things like that

still how do i respond

children

when two children are fighting over a toy a parent usually is called in to mediate the situation

this ether results in the children sharing the toy

or coming to the understanding that the toy belongs to one or the other of them and that's that

end of story

these children then grow up to be the next parents

mediating over the next generation of children

and the cycle continues

why haven't we learned to be our own "parents" when it comes to foreign policy by now

why do we always take the "childlike" path and go to war

(prompted by a lecture about the roots of the Israel Palestine conflict)