Can it happen here?: U.S. strikes in Syria

Saturday, April 14, 2018

U.S. strikes in Syria

In the mad world of instant international media, the Times provides some opinions from Syrians about our latest exercise in murderous futility.
The people of these (dis)United States -- we know nothing of war.

2 comments:

tina a Lebanese in Beirut said...: Thank you Jan.

And, why did the USA launch a war against Iraq? And now why did it attack Syria?
"History repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce" wrote Marx.; Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:30:00 AM
janinsanfran said...: I have been pleasantly surprised to see that what I view as center-left institutions in this country (Move-on, Indivisible) have been mobilizing their folks to object. Sometimes it takes years ...; Saturday, April 14, 2018 6:56:00 PM

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

Living amidst violence rapidly constricting hope for a safer, sustainable, more equitable, and happier community and nation, what is to be done?

There's more to be done than I can envision or perhaps even imagine. People who suffer -- whether for being different, for trying to control their bodies, from randomly encountering some gun fetishist, from climate disruption, or simply for lacking cash -- need to be cared for. In some places and moments, some people have to raise a ruckus in the streets.

Let us explore together.