Take on the ceasefire

I was very happy to see a ceasefire negotiated today with the help of
princess pantsuit to end the violence gripping the Middle East for the
last eight days. We will reserve judgement for causes, avoid empty
solutions and just say we are thankful for what we can only hope to be
lasting ceasefire
Our criticism has to be about the concept of these negotiated
ceasefire deals because what always strikes me and did again today was
that the ceasefire would begin at 9pm local time but this was
announced at about 7pm local time.
What this tells me is that in other words for the next two hours get
your licks in and make the count because you won't be allowed at each
other's throats for a a while. It's almost like what happens at the
bottom of a rugby scrum. You can play all the grab-ass and yank at
each other's sacks as much as you want as long as the whistle hasn't
blown.

Why can't a ceasefire begin immediately? I get that getting word to
the fighters at the front line might be difficult and mot
instantaneous but if shouldn't take hours to get word out with
everybody carrying a cell phone. The Israeli pilots have the most
sophisticated equipment in their jets, i cannot believe an "abort
mission" message couldn't come across and the Palestinians must have
ways to get their message to the front lines quicker than it takes me
to drive to Hartford on Thanksgiving traffic

Christ if the paparazzi catches Kanye bending Kim over in a park that
picture is retweeted 10000 times within five minutes so if these
leaders were honestly if you were truly concerned bout saving lives
you would demand it begin right away