Injustice

It troubles me when I see injustice. When nations and movements use their positions as bullies. You know the drill. A missile here, a bomb there, a drone assassination, a grenade or a burst of machine gun fire goes off and suddenly innocent civilians and even children get blown to bits or wish they had. It's collateral damage some people say as they wipe the guilt of innocent blood off their hands and go about their business and their politics. I think we can all agree on that one.

I think we can all agree that children especially shouldn't be punished for choices that adults or governments make and innocent adults shouldn't be either. It's an injustice when people suffer for what others do. But, I think the greatest injustice is when people get upset about injustice and then fail to cry out for JUSTICE (In any way that actually counts). We are really good at getting all upset about injustice. We will even stomp around and get down right mad about it. The truth is in this country is that only makes us feel good about ourselves. It does nothing for those who are actually suffering injustice at all.

 As some of you know, nothing gets done, openly at least, unless a majority here can be swayed to support it. There isn't a whole lot of conscience press wise or politically as to how it gets done or who gets hurt either. The only thing that is important is swaying public opinion towards a particular action and scoring political points. Whether it's an invasion of a country or punitive actions even at home, Republican or Democrat it is always the same mode of operation.

If the truth doesn't fit an agenda, a lie will work just as well. Just keep repeating it. WMD's anyone? Just ask anyone in Iraq if life is better since that US invasion. Ask the people in Libya how life is since the US helped their "Arab Spring" go over so smoothly. Or Egypt? Or the CIA's encouragement of a rebellion in Ukraine. Sanctions in Iran? Who really suffers from American intervention of any kind? Innocent civilians, the poor and yes children. Thousands if not millions of children are growing up with no sense of stability or safety courtesy of our government's foreign policies. Those children are going to grow up hating this country.