So many conflicts, so little time. If you're in the line of fire, knives and bombs, so much time. The situation in Syria pits protestors against the Bashar al-Assad regime, civilians against soldiers and internal security forces. Yes, there is war all over the planet, from Sudan to Somalia and spinning all around the globe, and this is just one of them.
The countries neighboring Syria are being sucked into this particular disaster, too. Syria's population: 23 million -- more than live in New York, fewer than in Texas.
How this Syrian cycle ends, nobody knows yet; but more will be killed by the next sunrise, and, by the following midnight, more will be killed after that. There but for the grace of God or luck or kismet go the rest of us.
Today's Rune: Joy.
4 comments:
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Scary how easy it comes, and how hard it is to make it go.
"Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkey threatened to cut off supplies of electricity to its neighbor Syria Tuesday, as the Damascus regime found itself under growing pressure from Arab, Turkish, European and North American governments for its ongoing lethal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators." http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/world/meast/syria-isolation/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Erik, it all makes me so sad.
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