masbury says: We said "never again." We meant ... When will be able to say "never again" and mean it? "The despair of "what can I do?" quickly becomes another layer in the cocoon that protects us from the horrors of the things we think we cannot change". A feeling I often have, but if I dont stand up who will. But the Q still is WHAT can we really do....? Even as we comment on our overlooking of the crisis in Darfur, we overlook the humanitarian crisis caused by the U.S. backed invasion of Somalia. Utterly shameful on both accounts. Mogadishu: An African crisis worse than Darfur Somalia Humanitarian Crisis worse than Darfur - U.S. backed its invasion. Useful comment! Thanks for the links - I'll be checking them out. It's a shame they don't have any cash or oil in Sudan or we'd be all over that wouldn't we- Christ I'm so embarrassed to be an American Veteran sometimes. That's the kind of theater that an American soldier would excel at- you would know your mission was a just one- dirish - that's a great insight - I doubt that recruitment would be so hard if Americans had confidence that the military would only be used for just causes. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be proud of our missions, rather than having to try so hard to make something good on the ground out of these economic wars? |
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