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July 12, 2006
Mumbai, Iraq, Everyday...
The horrific attacks in Mumbai, which made headlines around the world, killed about three times the number of people that were killed in political violence in on the same, routine day in Iraq (NPR news had reported 60 dead. We'll see what Iraq Body Count tallies).
The scale of violence in Iraq committed by the sectarian, government and occupation forces is frightfully high. It will take this broken country years, if not decades, to arrive at any kind of peaceful existence. Right now our moral obligation is not only to withdraw our forces, which are a negative, polarizing input to the situation, but also to do everything we can to help right things (supporting U.N. peacekeeping forces, reperations, political support...) Instead, all we hear at best is how to solve this problem for us.
All I can say is that it is a fool's dream to pretend that we can remain isolated from it all forever, that we can remain an island of prosperity and peace. The sooner we realize it, the better our chances of averting the worst consequences of the potent cauldron of devastation that is brewing, brewing and brewing..
Posted by zeynep at July 12, 2006 07:59 AM