CONDIPLOMACY

"Why did the Israeli's destroy my house" says one Lebanese man who used to work as a customs officer at Beirut's International airport, "it took me twelve years to build … why did they do this?". He stands dumbfounded and angry – just a number to add to the many thousands of refugees trying to make sense of this madness, as his children huddle on a pavement in a place of refuge, probably Syria.

Enter stage right – USSS Condoleeza Rice

"Hello everyone, yes it's terrible, but we can't have a ceasefire just yet" – as her government sends more weapons of mass destruction to Tel Aviv, just in case.

But what about the children, the rampant destruction, the despair?

Rice: "Didn't see any. But it's time for a new Middle East"

But what about ….

Rice: "To quote my great leader, we believe that Hezbollah has to stop this shit and then we will wait and see until it's all over. Nothing happens until then."

All over for whom exactly?