The world is in a sorry state. Conflict and wars and civil unrest sprout like unwelcome weeds in the lovely garden that is called Earth, our home and our refuge.
Perhaps this climate change thing is affecting us all in some way or other, addling the brain.
Perhaps the seemingly hopeless future for our planet, with diminishing water supplies and closer to home, no employment, impacts directly on one’s home life and family living?
How does one explain to a child that there is no food on the table and it means another night of going to bed on an empty stomach.
Those residents of Ukraine probably go to bed on empty stomachs, much the same as the people of Palestine do.
My heart bleeds for the affected parties in both instances.
Has the world really gone mad?
I am sure if there was enough goodwill and level headedness, solutions could be found to end both conflicts, but it is the immovable objects that stymie the cessation of these hostilities.
Which of the two situations is worse? Death and destruction in both places. Innocents being killed, maimed and starved. Quite a proud record of how us humans treat us humans.
Closer to home, and not as widely reported, is the catastrophe in Sudan.
I think the figure quoted is nine million people on the verge of massive famine and subsequent death in a destroyed country following years of inter-tribal war.
Many years ago, 1801 actually, Lord Nelson, at the Battle of Copenhagen, held his telescope to his blind eye and remarked to his flag captain, Thomas Foley, that he could not see the signal ordering his squadron to withdraw. He stayed on. Engaged the enemy closely and carried the day.
Perhaps with regard to Sudan, take the telescope from the blind eye and see what is happening to our fellow Africans.
Much as the bloodletting in the Holy Land is horrendous, surely let them sort themselves out and concentrate some energy and discourse on helping the Sudanese people and as such falls under the umbrella of the African Union.
Motivate them to do something constructive for African unity and brotherhood.
TREVOR BARNES
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