Pokerface

So all of the suit and tied arguing was for the positive (although I gave out a little when the speaker from Israel said "We are fighting for peace." That makes perfect sense, no?)
And now there's a cease fire between Lebanon/Hezbollah and Israel.
People can stop dying. We hope.
The thing is, there's also an argument started about just who the "winner" is, and looking like a tiebreaker is going to be necessary.
What's worse: the argument isn't between Lebanon/Hezbollah and Israel. It's between the United States of America and Iran - at least that's how it looks on our cable news channel.

I wonder if that is a realistic view of what's going on.
I wonder if there isn't any politician who won't come out and just say, "You know, I have respect for the sanctity of human life and I don't want war. I won't fight, not like this..." and mean it.

I realize that politics is infinitely more complicated than just being nice to eachother.
But still...