Posted by Mary Roddy I am reminded of the words of the young Irish woman in a Sunday radio play - she was reflecting quietly one day about her life. She saud, "Every now and again we let a little bit of the truth in." Your words help others to "let a little bit more of the truth in". --Previous Message--
on March 14, 2003, 9:09 pm, in reply to "Iraq Obsession Obscures all Else"
Kevin,
Keep speaking your word in the spirit of the Gospel. in contrast to the feverish talk of the corporate business world and representatives of national governments.
Shalom,
Mary Roddy.
: The US and its friends such as Australia, are
: so absorbed in Iraq- a country of 22
: million with a few weapons left to
: destroy, that they are quite oblivious it
: seems to other disasters around the place.
: For instance the fact that 60% of all
: Palestinians living in Gaza are living
: below the poverty line - that is on less
: that $US2/day. Medicines, food and other
: aid is increasingly hard to come by
: because of the brutality of the Israeli
: occupation and barricading of their
: homeland.
: Likewise in Zimbabwe, the daily grind of
: repression there was briefly highlighted
: during and following a couple of World Cup
: Cricket matches there - and then the lid
: slammed down again. People are arrested
: and held long-term without charge, farms
: this year are producing disastrously
: little food, due to drought and
: mismanagement, and people are living in
: fear and terror all across the country.
: The weapons of mass destruction are fear,
: repression and the denial of basic rights.
: The US has been saying very little about
: these situations - obsessed instead with
: Iraq and their sworn enemy Saddam Hussein
: - whose arms and weapons capability was
: only enabled through US help some years'
: ago.
: When will we ever find a path to real justice
: in the international community? Hope does
: not run strong at the moment.
:
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