For the last week, I've been struggling to
see beyond
the perspective of all out war. All over Britain and, I
presume, the
world, people are turning in checkout queues, to ask the person
behind them, if
it's the end of the world. It is a mire that's very tempting to
wallow in.
Then, suddenly, I saw it. The Americans
stance, quite
rightly, is that they have been dealt a body blow. This is the
reason they are
using as a sanction to wage war, with the potential to kill so
many, that the
the death toll last week will not even register on the
scale. This course has
been played out many times over, and still we stand, at this hour
of
history, turn our fears upon each other.
I would like to ask everyone who reads
this how
immediate this fear is, and is it your own? Did you see the enemy
in the
photos and archive footage of Afghanistan? I saw people in the
grips of
crisis to rival Ethiopia. Constant war for the right to rule has
devastated
the lives of the Afghani people, and been followed,in time
honoured
fashion,by drought. Normally, when I see this on
a "news" bulletin, it is coupled
with statements from premiers, promising that our military
machine is
bringing aid to these poor, suffering people as we speak.
"Ah," I hear the retort, "but the Taliban
have rebuffed
all attempts to provide it. "Whether aid has been offered to a
state that is
not recognised as such by western governments, or not, the might
of their
military machine is definitely available now.
Cry out to your friends, to your political
leaders. Let
us use our Democratic Freedom to choose how to respond, as free
members of
the human race,to put this emotion to good work.We will not end
this tragedy
by kill more people, even if it is just one,nor will we,if we
walk
away, leaving them to starve, and their offspring to hate the
greedy, decadent
West.
I cast my vote that we use our forces to
bring the
help these people need, this very day, go not to change, merely to
help, then
start talking, see where it leads.I hope that you will cast your
vote in the
same way,a nd allow your spirit to make it happen.
The world is full of friends we haven't
met yet,and
I'd like to get the opportunity to meet you all, before I shuffle
off this
mortal coil.
I hope we do. Big step? Nah,just a small one.
Love,
Matthew.
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