Sunday, September 05, 2004
With Eyes Closed
for whatever reason there are certain countries in europe, actually they are not the countries - BUT THE politicians, diplomats, and media of certain euroland areas that still fail to see what the world is facing.
for whatever systemic reason europe fails to see imminent threats repeatedly. they failed to see them throughout their two centuries of war during the 19th and 20th centuries and once again they prefer to look the other way and hope for the best.
one only has to listen to the sentiment on the 'great' bbc world service.
last night they actually had the chutzpuh to interview a palestinian psychologist and ask him what effects the russian children could expect to suffer from because of the trauma they had witnessed and sustained. the bbc presented it as if the trauma that the children of palestine is on the same scale and for the same reasons.
while i dont wish any bad will on the children of gaza and their life predicament, nor this psychologist, it was a case of turning the world upside down. facts dont matter as much as bias, and this is what we will continue to have happen on a global scale until the world wakes up and asks the responsible parties to change their neighborhoods or have them changed with force from the outside.
those who do not get it will continue to suffer at the hands of this terror more so than the countries that combat it.
i suspect the countries that will come out of this war stronger will be those with a good central govt (this doesnt mean a dictatorship btw) and a majority of the population that has the stomach for the fight, namely the u.s., russia, and china come to mind & and the smaller players which will make it known that they are allies in the fight. it is a fight. some still refuse to see it, we shouldnt be surprised, history is repeating itself.
it all makes me feel very weary for the future of a united europe. perhaps now is not the time to use this tragedy as an indicator but i think it clearly shows that some will never quite understand what is taking place until it is too late. but then again, what is too late? it means different things to different people. i cant but help but wonder what goes through putin's mind when he hears certain camps speak about the massacre as if he is to blame for a school full on innocent children being taken and destroyed. unfortunately i think the world is going to become far more interesting before it gets good and dull.
for whatever systemic reason europe fails to see imminent threats repeatedly. they failed to see them throughout their two centuries of war during the 19th and 20th centuries and once again they prefer to look the other way and hope for the best.
one only has to listen to the sentiment on the 'great' bbc world service.
last night they actually had the chutzpuh to interview a palestinian psychologist and ask him what effects the russian children could expect to suffer from because of the trauma they had witnessed and sustained. the bbc presented it as if the trauma that the children of palestine is on the same scale and for the same reasons.
while i dont wish any bad will on the children of gaza and their life predicament, nor this psychologist, it was a case of turning the world upside down. facts dont matter as much as bias, and this is what we will continue to have happen on a global scale until the world wakes up and asks the responsible parties to change their neighborhoods or have them changed with force from the outside.
those who do not get it will continue to suffer at the hands of this terror more so than the countries that combat it.
i suspect the countries that will come out of this war stronger will be those with a good central govt (this doesnt mean a dictatorship btw) and a majority of the population that has the stomach for the fight, namely the u.s., russia, and china come to mind & and the smaller players which will make it known that they are allies in the fight. it is a fight. some still refuse to see it, we shouldnt be surprised, history is repeating itself.
it all makes me feel very weary for the future of a united europe. perhaps now is not the time to use this tragedy as an indicator but i think it clearly shows that some will never quite understand what is taking place until it is too late. but then again, what is too late? it means different things to different people. i cant but help but wonder what goes through putin's mind when he hears certain camps speak about the massacre as if he is to blame for a school full on innocent children being taken and destroyed. unfortunately i think the world is going to become far more interesting before it gets good and dull.
// posted by Zevchi @ 6:55 PM 
