I write about this only because it astounds me. I have no ideas about how to solve the problem and I don’t know who is working on it. I’m just flabbergasted by the numbers!
by Charlie
Leck
I’m compelled to
take a stance on what is happening in Syria! Jesus, that’s tough! (I mean it!)
I like the idea of the revolution; but what will that revolution lead to? Who
knows? I keep trying to read that which the people who are supposed to know
write; and the conclusion I come to is that they don’t know any more than I.
The
revolutionists in Syria are going to succeed. The long-time monarchy will fall
and something will happen there. Will
it be democracy? I doubt it! Will it be a faux-democracy? Probably! Will it be
better than it was under King Assad? No, certainly not at first – and probably
not for a long, long time.
Jesus (I mean
it!), it is tough in Syria right now. The
New York Times
reports that there are now over 1,000,000 refugees. That is, a million people
left without homes and any means of support.
I don’t know
what to say. I am staggered by the numbers. I try to think what they mean. Think
of it! A million refugees! How does a nation survive? How does a nation put
itself back together? What role does the U.S. play? What can the United Nations
do?
One of the
central stories for all of us to watch in the coming days is the Syrian one.
The government has crumbled! The nation is in chaos. There are a million suffering
and desperate people.
What should
America do? Jesus (I mean it), I don’t know. Can you help us?
He answers back:
“Feed the hungry! Clothe the naked! Give shelter to the unsheltered! He who
does this to the least of them has done it unto me.”
He’s my man! We
just don’t know how to do it. Help us, Jesus! That’s my prayer!
*The photo is from www.demotix.com and shows Syria refugees during Angelina Jolie's visit to the camps.
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