Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Why the flags?




In order: UK, Turkey, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, DR Congo, Kenya, Uzbekistan, US, Spain, Israel, Indonesia, Palestine.

These countries have all been recent victims of the darkest evils of humanity. Some have also been the cause as well as the victim. Everyone knows about what happened in the UK. Turkey has been the victim of several bombings. We all know about Iraq. Sudan is witnessing genocide within its borders. Afghanistan has become a hellhole again. People were locked up in huts and burnt to death in DR Congo. 50+ people were slaughted as they prepared to go to school in Kenya. Uzbekistan's asshole dictator massacred Uzbeks. US soldiers continue to be slaughtered by the gunpowder of demons. Spain was attacked by both fundamentalists and Basques. Israel and Palestine are always going at it. Indonesia saw the Bali attacks, in addition to the tragedy of the tsunamis.

There is a memorial for the Brits who were killed, but what about the Turks, the Iraqis, the Sudanese, the Afghans, the Congo people, the Kenyans, the Uzbeks, the Spanish, the Israelis, the Palestinians, the Indonesians? Why are the Brits better? Why did they get more coverage? Why do we forget so easily?

Remember the Srebrenica massacre, when 7000-8000 Muslims were massacred ten years ago. Remember today. War solves nothing. It just moves to other places. The names of ideologies shift, but the evil remains the same.

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