Caught in crossfire

Caught in the Crossfire

Twenty-four hours afternoon and I do not feel better. I sleep a good night's dispel some of the trauma of what I saw, to calm my nerves, even taking the horror I have witnessed. Oh, I am perhaps more concerned about the images on the TV and I do not know what to do with those emotions. Beside me as I write, sitting in the trendy café sat two beautiful human beings with long blond hair and speaks refined speech its role in a new drama from Australia, while another sits in front of her with all the attention, both impressed and attracted. A game of darts thought crossed my mind that the creation of theatrical fiction on television is totally unnecessary when we just have to get out and see that our world is full of real drama that occurs on a massive scale. It saddens me that this society the issue is not quite as if they are running in the wrong direction, power that is not real and realize in order to keep the fear away, to avoid the pain of what is actually happening.

Twenty-four-hour heard on SBS Dateline, hosted by journalist George Negus, who sent one of its reporters in a remote village on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, to report the consequences of the Taliban, the Pakistani military and U.S. government this region. What I saw in this program seems to blow my world apart in an instant. As the scenes and past history of dryland officials uniform refugee camps, I saw with horror as a child, no more than five years, facing the camera, crying, begging, pleading to stop the pain. It was a cry that reached out and grabbed my heart, shook every cell of my body and sat down to mourn, incredulous, horrified that men in the white blouse and pressed her head stitched together after a mortar attack had shattered, and his hometown. There was obviously no relief the pain of this procedure. I can still hear the cries of the deepest pain and her face haggard and desperate. I do not know what to do with the pain I felt. Who of us has to do with the images and realities of this kind? How is it possible that the most important Worldwide, the true innocent, our generation future, are subject to a day, every hour and even the nightmare each time?

In Peshawar, a camp for refugees from the UNHCR (refugees UN), on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, men and women speak to the camera normal. Tell the story of their reality, their life, full of uncertainty, agitation and severe misfortunes, while at the same time, away in the comfort of air conditioning, men in white shirts and black dress debate and discuss strategies to deal with the Taliban. The Taliban, who publicly whip their compatriots who dare to challenge them, as they enjoy a ritual humiliation – as part of what coming to be can not help themselves. The Taliban, who publicly beheaded the men who dare to be different and men ~ rally for freedom, these men with small children and leave them in their quest for human rights.

The people of Peshawar, according to this young, are ordinary human beings without the means to defend themselves. However, they are the targets, the victims gave up the cross-fire between the Pakistani army and the Taliban and even the U.S. military. The Taliban are growing recruit more to their cause, the Afghan Taliban, are mobilized to become the Taliban in Pakistan and Pakistan army is nowhere in the fight against offensive. However, he says Faratullah Barbar, the spokesman for Pakistan's president, said that American involvement is trivial, and if something is feeding the fire and offer their condolences to the cause of the Taliban. The U.S. military have the task of "The drone attack, those who fire rockets into the" big value "targets inside Pakistan. This happened for a while but that the president of Pakistan has asked the current administration, under the leadership of Barack Obama to stop these air strikes, and in fact withdraw from the region, Mr. Obama has refused and continues to attack in an attempt to attack the Taliban. The real issue is These attacks do nothing to land on the ground and the lives of innocent civilians is constantly lost or maimed, and the Taliban are becoming stronger. Pakistani government are outraged that these attacks against U.S. military and they want me too deal with this problem within their country with their own government and their way and believe that can. It begs the questions that have been on my mind since Obama took office, "Is Barack Obama too smart, apparently, when it follows the old age rhetoric, strong and emotional fight against terrorism around the world about? Is it really what you're talking about or is just singing the same song before every game he? When the sacrifice of innocent lives matter? When all oil has been absorbed in this dry continent? Why is that every president has continued fruitless search for "terrorists" in this area? Is it oil? Because there is no doubt that Pakistan and Afghanistan to running out of oil, while the West We have to find another solution If oil is not your agenda, then why he refuses to listen to the arguments the president of Pakistan? Or less, why not the U.S. Governments of Pakistan and an agreement to change the tactics against the Taliban?

My question people as a whole is "What is happening here?"

As George Negus said a few words in an interview with Tony Blair (who is the new Middle East envoy) "When the humanity of a situation is as powerful as this, politics becomes almost irrelevant. Yes, of course. In no attempt the life of any nation leads to peace, unity, success? No, what future? Perhaps there will come a time when the selfishness of politics will become obsolete, if not already done so.

For Christmas 2008 I got a little book entitled "The Declaration of Human Rights. This is a set of 30 statements, or declarations designed to protect the rights and dignity of human beings in the world and have been recognized in 1948. Even if not legally binding, is a standard by which all human beings should be able to live their lives. Article 5 states:

"No person shall be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. "

Then you know why millions that destination? And when, where are mere words in a document that will become a reality for our planet and its inhabitants? If you really care about keeping hope alive when there are men who what are organizations like the Taliban, men who do not mind the suffering of others and in any case, the joy in torture practices?

Am very angry with the world we live I think living on a planet largely intelligent community led by lunatics who have no real ability to empathize with the misfortune of others.

These words are dedicated exclusively to that child, the child whose name, I wonder, that the hand and grabbed my soul. I wanted to get and take it, embrace it, saying there would be no worse, she was sure to stop mourn and run outside and play, and that all the bad guys with guns were gone. I just hope that as a child, she will recover, to forget the horror of that day, and grow no more uncertainty or difficulty. It is probably a vain hope, however, I called to act, and this child, taught me the road. There is little that I can do for her to write what I feel and what I saw.

Section 1 of the declaration:

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. "

Therefore, it is my greatest wish for every Christmas to come, and all those who have been, that this planet is alive with the spirit of brotherhood, fraternity, unity absolute. While our planet is suffering, as De In fact, I'll never give up this desire.

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Rebecca Jackson

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