Objectivity and honesty

I just wanted to write a small piece about this blog rather than what I'm up to. Someone said the other day it is difficult to be objective about the situation here but one should at least be honest. I think in one sense this is true but equally I think the two are linked. I'm obviously not trying to present a textbook balanced argument about the rights and wrongs about the actions of both sides but equally I've not come across anything that has managed this successfully. I don't believe that the Palestinians have acted perfectly or anywhere near it during the conflict and I don't (nor does anyone else I know) condone suicide bombings by Palestinians which kill innocent civilians.

What I am trying to be in this blog is as honest as possible, I'm not saying it is completely correct but it is as correct and honest as I can conciously make it. Sometimes I've realised I've possibly taken things out of context without realising - this is my first attempt at anything like this. I've edited this when I have reread later. Some of the situations I find myself in have been stressful and its interesting talking to other people here who have seen exactly the same thing you have but have interpreted the same actions in very different ways.

On the note of objectivity and honesty I'd like to recommend The Great War for Civilisation - The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk who makes for interesting reading, i will put up a post linked to this at some point in the next few days