One Day in September

After watching this documentary I realized a lot of things I never did before... not only about the Palestinian Israeli conflict but about nationalism and how one country coming together can be breaking another country apart. The Palestinians were about to do anything to unite their country and prove to the world that they had control and the upper hand in the conflict and were going to stand above all. However, by the Israeli's trying to do everything they could to save the hostages, while not giving in to the demands on the Palestinians, they were also try to stay strong and protect their people by keeping the prisoners in jail that the Palestinians wanted out so badly. At the same time, the Germans wanted to keep the peace and protect their own country by staging an event in which they would allow the prisoners to be free in hopes of avoiding another attack in their country. All of these acts of nationalism were in attempt to protect the country their were acted on for but at the same time, breaking apart the other country. Can there be no nationalistic acts that bring together everyone? Isn't that what the Olympics stand for? What bothers me so much is that after this massacre and these incredible athletes were killed simply because they were citizens of their own country, the Olympics resumed very shortly after with a memorial service but I feel as though it was such a tragedy and should have been more respected. People understood and felt bad, but since for many, it did not involve their country, they were less concerned about others and more concerned about just competing. I feel as though it could have been dealt with differently to be more respectful and caring towards the event and the people involved. After all, the people that were killed were PEOPLE. They had friends, family members, kids... all effected by them being killed for their allegiance to their country. It is all a terrible situation and it is so sad that it is still continuing.