Posted by Kevin Bates on March 15, 2003, 7:12 am, in reply to "Re: Iraq Obsession Obscures all Else" --Previous Message--
Thanks so much Mary.
: 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.
: 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".
: Shalom,
: Mary Roddy.
: --Previous Message--
: 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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