Brought in the papers this morning. The headlines are all about Lim Kim San passing on. Nothing on the Middle East. If you watched CNN last night, you would have seen Kofi Annan, secretary general of a lame-duck United Nations calling for an end to hostilities for Israel to pull back its troops and stop the killing of civilians. You would have seen the Lebanese ambassador practically begging Israel for a ceasefire. You would have seen the Israeli ambassador defiantly declare that they will not stop till their objectives have been accomplished. A military victory today will only sow the seeds of future hatred, further swelling the ranks of militant groups like Hezbollah, Have the lessons from history been forgotten? War is never a solution to any problem.