tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post6707791153935668976..comments2024-02-26T00:37:47.131-08:00Comments on Broomstick Chronicles: More Thoughts on SyriaBroomstick Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-88952563384529940832013-09-08T11:03:07.675-07:002013-09-08T11:03:07.675-07:00Macha thank you for your thoughtful writing and br...Macha thank you for your thoughtful writing and bringing the words of Eli Ghith to me. I wouldn't have seen them otherwise.<br /><br />It seems to me that the premise upon which we in "the west" are basing all our discussions about Syria, stem from the colonialism that is the foundation of all "our" policies regarding that part of the world.<br /><br />War is an obscenity. Murder is an obscenity, no matter who is committing it. <br /><br />Bell Hooks describes love as taking actions that support the spiritual growth of the other person. I extend that and say that to love our sisters and brothers in Syria we must act in ways that support their spiritual growth (not any particular religion, mind you) and that means supporting people to abstain from the obscenity of murder.<br /><br />For the government of the US, which we know is a privately controlled cabal of murderers, to seek to commit more murders in Syria, is no surprise. It is what I have come to expect from the likes of Barack Obama, John Kerry, et al. If we the people of the United States can stop this cabal from committing more murders, good. It will take great resolve and, frankly, some folks are going to have to lose their jobs. I have no illusions that this is imminent.Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084124093933230087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-31643717932714456962013-09-08T01:28:02.389-07:002013-09-08T01:28:02.389-07:00prayers are what got Syria to the place it is now....prayers are what got Syria to the place it is now. i don't think prayer will have a good effect on anyone here... or there. only a clear vision would help. obviously a sea change in the way people percieve is the only way to effect meaningful change in Syria. and if it is true about foreign fighters then not just Syria. Syria is like a focal point for all the evil of Islam at the moment. if one remembers that evil is a shadow; the lack of light, no vision... then the answer is bring light! but this is a human problem on an earthly scale. not just islam. <br /><br />it would seem there is no solution and an endless conflict. but light is pervasive. i look at this conflict as already out of control to the worst nightmares of russia coming true. but light is much stronger than shadow. somewhere there will be a light. it will not come as a tyrant or foreign intervention. that is not possible. but it will come. whether we send aid or not is meaningless. except the people of Syria will leave their country. aid to the camps surrounding Syria would make much more sense. bombing Syria is meaningless under the described scenario. they have been bombed enough already. but just helping refugees is not enough for the press or the president. so i see fruitless bombing and much postering. maybe if we bombed both sides it might have some effect. just putting the resistence in power is not gonna be helpful. get as many people out of there as possible. let the foreigners and assad destroy each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com