The Need to Hold Saudi Arabia Accountable – Consortiumnews
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/12/08/the-need-to-hold-saudi-arabia-accountable/
The magnificent Robert Parry so much wisdom in so few words. The best article on world politics I have EVER read!
This is an experiment in combining a short poem, such as a haiku, with a photo. In the past I have separated the photo from the poem as I originally did with this haiku. A fellow blogger, with great generosity of spirit, liked the poem and suggested that I do it this way, even showing me what she meant. This change gave it a format that her site could easily use to reblog the piece to her followers. JoAnn’s helpful comments (the early, public ones) are here on the original post. I encourage you to see the great work that her site, awareandfair.com, is doing to increase public awareness of where the powerful would like to put us.
‘Tis craggy madness to think
That bombing is the cure
And not terrorism’s root
Not to minimize the heinous, despicable tragedy that occurred in Boston, but to point out senseless suffering all over the globe. NONE of this can be justified.
Three of my previous posts that deal with the brutal cowardice of using drones
Earth First! Newswire
[UPDATE: Check out more current opinions, and analysis on the Boston bombings and possible Chechnya connection from the Earth First! Newswire]
To murder several runners using bombs at a sporting event is terrorism.
To murder 175 children using military drones is U.S. policy.
We should accept neither. We should fight against both.
List of children killed by U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen:
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