Today's Headlines

In Iraq chaos begins to engulf an almost 30 million person population. Israel fights with Palestinian forces on one side while it waits for Hamas to strike again from Lebanon with the ever watchful eyes of Iran and Syria peering over. The poor people of Darfur are slowly being removed from our planet. Sri Lankans battle among themselves fighting for freedoms. Afghanistan and their war continues on (are we sure this isn’t the same battle we were fighting in the 70’s?). North Korea tested a nuclear weapon. The Chinese are beginning to power up what could be the most powerful war machine that will ever walk this planet. Columbia is fighting a war with drug raiders who have better focused funding, solid technology and connections everywhere to be bribed. The Russians are selling weapons to the Iranians and the Chinese and the North Koreans all so they can defend themselves against the United States of America. The Iranians are pushing forward with their research in the nuclear technologies, which is sure to kick start a Middle East trend (that is sure to start up the Israeli war machine). China and Pakistan are agreeing to things to hedge their relationships with India. Georgia and Russia scream about international politics and gas prices. The British wonder if Putin is killing people just like Mr. Stalin in his heyday. Al Qaeda is spreading due to bone headed motivation created by the United States in Iraq. Gangs rule the major cities of Brazil waging war and killing targets at their behest. Haiti has been fighting for peaceful elections yet still hasn’t been able to get that all important powerful intelligent ruler in there. Castro lingers on casting doubts about the stability of one of the longest running states in the Western Hemisphere. Chavez is trying to spark a flame and light a continent in an incendiary revolt. His friend was elected to power another country. A Sandinista came to power via election in Nicaragua. Russian spy caught in Canada. American President, Vice President and Secretary of Defense up for a lawsuit that will head to the Supreme Court or lead to impeachment. Chechnyan rebels killing and being killed. Pakistan fighting with the Taliban as well. India fighting off the Pakistanis, Maoists and any of a dozen other extremist groups.

 

If you took the time to read that, then you just saw a fragment of the painful things going on in this world right now. These are properly the biggest media spectacles, as those are the items that tend to pop up in a two minute brain storm. The world is fighting all over. The market in violence is grand. How is it that we have managed to hold ourselves afloat? We push.