War and Pieces

This is a topic I haven't much talked about, but it's worth noting because if it's importance to, well, all of us. Or at least I think it should be.

The war will more likely than not end under the Obama Administration. And I think this is great. Scary, but great. It's like a victory that demands a burden. Oh wait. It IS. The war must be ended responsibly. Key word being responsibly. And the way PE-Obama has put it, I really believe that is a shot for a short-term peace.

But let's be real. All the diplomacy and nukes in the world wouldn't allow the Middle East to be a peaceful place.

For all of you who were in attendance with my first ever Human Rights Celebration, you'll understand how excited I was after this statement was issued by the transition team:

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that America has both a moral obligation and a responsibility for security that demands we confront Iraq’s humanitarian crisis -- more than five million Iraqis are refugees or are displaced inside their own country. Obama and Biden will form an international working group to address this crisis. They will provide at least $2 billion to expand services to Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries, and ensure that Iraqis inside their own country can find sanctuary. Obama and Biden will also work with Iraqi authorities and the international community to hold accountable the perpetrators of potential war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. They will reserve the right to intervene militarily, with our international partners, to suppress potential genocidal violence within Iraq."

This, my friends, is what we need. Because now he have foresight, not blindness. And to be quite frank, if my cousins have to go on another tour of duty in that ruined country, I'll go nuts. This is the precise amount of motivation we need, because this has ALL the makings of genocide. Saddam's death poses less of a threat, but I'm extremely apprehensive to say dictatorship is out of the question. There is a probable rise of al-Quadea. All we can't have that.

We didn't ruin their country, war did. We didn't displace those people, war did. We didn't spark civil war, war did. We didn't knock the country down piece by piece, war did.

I look for the day this war ends, so that all may be fine again for the people who love God, their country, peace, and retain their innocence. They're no more guilty than we are, yet they must suffer a far worse fate than we will ever experience or even face.


Leaving on a high note, I just met the Congressman and holy crap is that man tall! He's doing some Academy award (for the military, not mainstream) stuff so I didn't spend to much time there. He's a great guy, and he's looking forward to the 111th Congress as a true catalyst for change, and I agree.