If you can imagine... what it is for you or your loved one to die, because you/they went out for a dinner or to work; how desperate you have to be to flee from your house and country because you cannot continue to live in inexplicable violence; how you are shunned by those in the world who have warm beds and full stomachs; how you are tripped by a camera person in your refugee camp, to film you and your child fall; how it feels to see your kids die of hunger and disease; how your daughter can be kidnapped and brutalized for going to school; how your baby can be born with a shrapnel in his head and how your infant's dead body can be washed ashore....you know what hundreds of thousands of fellow humans feel; How deep are the wounds to humanity; How impotent are talks of borders, religion, origin, reason, action ...
Till we do not identify with the pain, have compassion and anger for injustice to people across borders and across seas, there will be no end to this madness.
Our house is not safe if our neighbor's house and body burns. We can't rationalize a child can die because his parents were born in a certain country, could not oust a dictator, followed a particular religion..
If France had information of ISIS stronghold and 20 bombs to spare for their annihilation, why did they waited to be attacked. This action a few months back would have been more effective and have saved many more tormented Yazidis. By the way, how did France ensured that only and only ISIS members, who have practiced heinous crimes died? They must have ensured that no innocent , non-perpetrators Syrians were killed.... because if they were, this attack was not a revenge of attack on Paris, but an unfortunate extension.
US is very prompt to stop refugees because of the possibility of one of the millions displaced, sneaked an attack on the country that gave him asylum. Unlike Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and many other European countries, US has not really helped refugees so far despite ISIS's origin being directly attributed to bad foreign policies followed by US. There main action in support of eradication of ISIS was to handover weapons to group of people, claiming to fight ISIS.
So who is taking an action to eradicate ISIS? Will it take Middle East to its organic, healing state? How can ISIS be eradicated without committing injustice on another group or individuals and creating future generation of terrorists? Why is Islam being associated with terror, when no God fearing person, irrespective to the name of God, will even hurt a fellow human? How dropping bombs in areas with "majority" ISIS members help? How does an emotional reaction and war cries of a hurt country help? How does sealing borders help? How does the cries of discrimination of death between various ethnicity helps?
Who are we: humans or proud citizens of a safe country? When words and videos can convince people to become Terrorists, where are the words and videos to convert them back?
Pain, death, suffering are universal languages like compassion, love and unity. Its time to think before we speak ...
Our house is not safe if our neighbor's house and body burns. We can't rationalize a child can die because his parents were born in a certain country, could not oust a dictator, followed a particular religion..
If France had information of ISIS stronghold and 20 bombs to spare for their annihilation, why did they waited to be attacked. This action a few months back would have been more effective and have saved many more tormented Yazidis. By the way, how did France ensured that only and only ISIS members, who have practiced heinous crimes died? They must have ensured that no innocent , non-perpetrators Syrians were killed.... because if they were, this attack was not a revenge of attack on Paris, but an unfortunate extension.
US is very prompt to stop refugees because of the possibility of one of the millions displaced, sneaked an attack on the country that gave him asylum. Unlike Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and many other European countries, US has not really helped refugees so far despite ISIS's origin being directly attributed to bad foreign policies followed by US. There main action in support of eradication of ISIS was to handover weapons to group of people, claiming to fight ISIS.
So who is taking an action to eradicate ISIS? Will it take Middle East to its organic, healing state? How can ISIS be eradicated without committing injustice on another group or individuals and creating future generation of terrorists? Why is Islam being associated with terror, when no God fearing person, irrespective to the name of God, will even hurt a fellow human? How dropping bombs in areas with "majority" ISIS members help? How does an emotional reaction and war cries of a hurt country help? How does sealing borders help? How does the cries of discrimination of death between various ethnicity helps?
Who are we: humans or proud citizens of a safe country? When words and videos can convince people to become Terrorists, where are the words and videos to convert them back?
Pain, death, suffering are universal languages like compassion, love and unity. Its time to think before we speak ...
2 comments:
Beautiful thought and writing. The potential to offer peace and love instead of hatred is inside each of us. From the President to that kid who delivers your morning paper. I plan to show the world that love is cool. That kindness is the new in thing. I will try my best to change negative thoughts by sending love to all those who are involved in crimes against humanity. Keep writing, your energy is love.
Thank you Soul Sister!! <3 much love for your support and encouragement.
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