Kuala Lampur, April 10 -- So I woke up on Wednesday morning and saw some hopeful news on my phone: Both the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire as a sort of prelude to formal negotiations on April 10th to end the war.

Great! Yay!

Except about half an hour after I read the ceasefire news I also read that Iran had fired missiles into Israel and her Arab neighbours, Israel had fired back and - omg! - it looks as if all talk of "cease firing" was a very short-lived joke. 

A few of my friends even expressed concern that the continued rockets and hostilities - barely an hour (or less) after an official ceasefire announcement - was proof that this war could end up being a forever war.

Thing is, it's guaranteed that many people wh...