Filitsa wrote:Eliko wrote:Eliko wrote:Have you noticed that recently there has been a distinct shortage of news coverage from Iraq ?.
I think the idea is to create the impression that there is peace and stability in that beseiged land, a well practised ploy by our leaders (who like to keep us in the dark as far as TRUTH is concerned) whilst they are now probably feverishly negotiating with the 'alleged' enemies of freedom in an effort to extricate themselves from a hopeless situation.
No doubt we will soon be hearing of how successful the various measures taken by the aggressors have been, let us not be fooled by such statements, rather, let us consider the plight of the millions of displaced and thousands of dead and dying as a result of the unlawful attack upon the innocents of that nation.
Let us also remember the thousands of dead and injured young men who were 'TRICKED' into engaging with the 'conjured up' enemies at the whim of their (proven to be untruthful) leaders.
How sad to see the mutilated bodies of babies, of young children, of old and young men and women, ALL victims of indiscriminate slaughter perpetrated by both sides of the conflict, the purpose of which will ultimately make not the slightest difference to either those who fight or those who are embroiled in the fighting.
WHO, among all members, whatever their religious beliefs, can justify what has and IS taking place in Iraq today?, whoever says they can should be ashamed to call themselves human.
I have seen it, I have shared the grief of many and I feel ashamed, how about you?.
Just in case the opening comments of this thread should be overlooked, or do you suppose the recent event is the ONLY incident that has taken place recently?.
There must be reasons for these atrocities, should we not concern ourselves with the task of determining just what they are.
It appears to me, Eliko, that one of the reasons for these attrocities is desperation. I've never been in a desperate state, so I can't fathom why a mother-come-suicide bomber would bring her young child along to detonate the bomb. Can you?
Filitsa, I consider desperation to be THE main reason for these awful actions, WE (who have not experienced what THEY have) are hardly qualified to condemn every action (out of desperation) those people take.
What we seem unable to understand is quite simple actually, the people who commit these acts are convinced of the virtue of them since the alternative is a complete and radical change to everything they believe in.
Who knows what actions WE ourselves might resort to were we faced with the prospect of having everything WE believed in under threat of obliteration?.
That is the perceived view of those people, they would rather die than submit to the changes envisaged by their 'Democratic' aggressors, (THEIR view).
The actions of 'suicide bombers' is abhorrent to US, to those who perpetrate the actions, it represents two seperate issues.
Firstly, it is an act which SHOULD draw attention to their plight, possibly in the forlorn hope that other nations may assist them in their struggle against the perceived oppression.
Secondly, it is the only way they can fullfil the need to resist what they consider to be an insurmountable force against them.
They have not the capacity or arms to meet the enemy on equal terms, they rely therefore on the shame the enemy MUST eventually feel for having created the situation which led to such actions.
These points represent my own analysis of the events, I may not be entirely correct but at least they are considered opinions and not the snippets of bias extracted from (interested party-owned newspapers).
