As war tears through Gaza once again, like so many other places throughout the world, I'm reminded of how thankful I am to live in a world of internet news. Where should one chose it, full coverage is available to people who would like to know the full extent and devastation of warfare and its costs. I've written before about Howard Zinn's famous statement that should every war be viewed as a war against our neighbor's children, we would have far fewer. Today's news that a UN school was attacked and several dozen children were killed or injured only reinforces that claim.I was struck today when I turned on the television to images of Roland Burris being denied his Senate seat as the Blago debacle continued to play out on Capital Hill. How pathetic. It's a shame on multiple levels; the most obvious being why is this news? Why should we care about this lest we live in Illinois? Why are the lives of children in Gaza or Somalia or the Sudan or Zimbabwe worth so much less than the hubris of this 71 year old narcissist and his cadre of losers? Additionally, I suppose, why are we spared the horror of wars not only of our own making but those of others? Should we not be collectively forced to confront the massacres unleashed by brutal military force (and those of Hamas-led missle attacks and other forms of terrorism)?
It seems on days like these our priorities are horribly confused. And when images like these are blasted across our laptops but not our televisions, something is most definitely wrong.
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I am so outraged, and at the same time heartbroken, about the tragedy in Gaza. Everyone in our privelaged country sides with Israel, which, to me, is a travesty. 12 Israeli soldiers have died since they began their brutal attack; hundreds of Gazan civillians, and dozens of children, are being killed daily. It is time to hear what the "bad guys" have to say.
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