The way the world is reacting, one would think this is a picture of a Crimean or Ukrainian family. Can you imagine if say the national guard started bombing your neighborhood? Shouldn't we be more worried about actual bombs falling and bullets flying, and maybe put the chest puffing and posturing and empty words lower down on the 'how to save the world" priorities? The US, or anyone else for that matter, is not about to stop Russia's expansion.
PACIFISM, by it's very definition, is no way to stop the spread of evil.
When Jesus turned the other cheek, all he got was slapped on both sides.
Is this baby girl's future not as important as the one being born in Crimea today? Why is government sanctioned torture and slaughter of the masses ignored by the UN in some places but not others? For example, the enslavement of about a half a million people in Mauritania, (see yesterday's post) is ignored by the world, and in my opinion mostly because no one can cry racism, a word that brings the rest of the civilized world running. See, the slave owners are black too, so the rest of us turn our heads and chalk it up to "culture". But the despot who rules Mauritania has no nukes, no natural resources, and is not even a flee on the back of the dog when it comes to military power. He can terrorize only his own people, no one else. Mauritania is on the ocean, too, we could just sail right up to their doorstep without having to use any other country as a through-way. There is nothing there to destroy, only to build and create. But we don't even help those we actually could, easily and swiftly and with a tangible difference in their lives in just days.
So you have yourself a great day, America, and be thankful that some time ago there were real men who were not afraid to fight for what is truly right, and because of that you are here reading this today.
PACIFISM, by it's very definition, is no way to stop the spread of evil.
When Jesus turned the other cheek, all he got was slapped on both sides.
Is this baby girl's future not as important as the one being born in Crimea today? Why is government sanctioned torture and slaughter of the masses ignored by the UN in some places but not others? For example, the enslavement of about a half a million people in Mauritania, (see yesterday's post) is ignored by the world, and in my opinion mostly because no one can cry racism, a word that brings the rest of the civilized world running. See, the slave owners are black too, so the rest of us turn our heads and chalk it up to "culture". But the despot who rules Mauritania has no nukes, no natural resources, and is not even a flee on the back of the dog when it comes to military power. He can terrorize only his own people, no one else. Mauritania is on the ocean, too, we could just sail right up to their doorstep without having to use any other country as a through-way. There is nothing there to destroy, only to build and create. But we don't even help those we actually could, easily and swiftly and with a tangible difference in their lives in just days.
So you have yourself a great day, America, and be thankful that some time ago there were real men who were not afraid to fight for what is truly right, and because of that you are here reading this today.
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