I don't understand a lot when it comes for foreign affairs or even domestic opinions, but what i do know, is that excessive propaganda on any side of an issue is the trend for most skirmishes and seems to be a sure fire way to win anybody.
That was a side note.
Cyprus: 1974, The Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
My dad was nearly killed by an explosion from the turkish during the invasion. Nearly 200,000 people were forced from their homes. Many of my family included in the mass exodus of refugees to the southernmost part of the island. I reheard the story last night at my Greek lesson. And each time I hear the story my dad tells about that day, it reminds me that life is so fragile, yet in America, life is also so effortless.
Note that; in an invasion, you essentially have one side fighting for occupation of land, and the other side fighting and dying to keep their homes and keep their families safe.
So who's the bad guy? Well, ultimately Britain, according to history, but who's keeping score, eh?
But Iran.
People are dying. I watched a morbid video of a woman getting shot in the streets. a woman mid-late twenties. Blood pouring from her mouth and nose. Looking at the camera (me, everyone else watching it seems) allowing me to look into her desperate soul moments before her death. This affects me. I've wept all morning at the atrocities that are happening RIGHT NOW!!
What does love look like on our part as it pertains to Iran? What can we do as free peoples in America? Is it our job to even care? What is our government doing to help? Is it their job to help?
My family were driven from their homes in 1974. My dad nearly died protecting his family.
People are dying now.
For what?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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