Isn’t it about time we looked at our humanity more transparently in this world? Isn’t it outrageous to observe that humanity and human misery have become of lower grade compared to our international diplomacy and interests? What may seem or feel like a game of chess to some parties is certainly a game of abuse, torture and dismembering to many innocent lives (slaughtered infants, children, women, men, and even cattle – and destroyed world heritage)… Could a man walking in London, for example, talk of or honestly enjoy civility and modern high-culture when he knows that some miles away from where his stands massacres are being committed with full impunity, and full awareness by the world? How does it feel to belong to the same human race there? Does it ring any bells or raise any eyebrows?

The citizens of the world need to beware of their responsibility in observing humanity not only upon their narrower apertures of interests in their local countries, but also across the wider world, where weaker and less-empowered civilians see nothing of their taken-for-granted access to human rights and dignity. If people don’t put pressure on their governments and politicians, politics will always be what it has always been: a cold game of cold interests, stepping above any human aspect.

I invite you to read the following article/blog, where some local Syrian academics, witnessing first-hand suffering on the ground in Syrian, from their positions amid young students and amid unfolding troubles on Syria’ streets, have posted a new account on the following log:

http://LocalAnalysisSyria.blogspot.com/

http://LocalAnalysisSyria.blogspot.com/

It increases awareness of the daily inhumanity experiences by locals, to the international readership. Many observe that the Syrian suffering is slipping too easily (disgracefully) from the minds of their fellow citizens of the world. News cover latest developments, but such experiences and logs are mind-openers, at the personal readership level, to how it is like to live in Syria today.
The academics contributing had to keep their full IDs anonymous for the safety of their relatives in Syria (the regime has been known for abusing or even killing people who may have a dissident cousin!)

We have no one to blame but ourselves.

The new liberalism, free trade and unrestrained banks are the reasons.

The truth is that — just like real estate — ALL economics is local.

The truth is that there is NO global economy, and we are being flushed down the commode with pleasure by “friends” and “enemies” alike.

I suggest you wake up to the new world reality, Mr. Bremmer!

What a stupid development!

Perhaps this is because of the string of Western backed Arab despots overthrown earlier this year? We need to find an unfriendly despot so that the “Arab Spring” looks less anti-American? Would you be surprised to learn that such shallow thinking drives American policy in the Middle East? And of course, the only Middle Eastern country that is allowed to greatly influence policy, Israel, does not even get a mention. But then who would think the Israelis would wish their old enemy, the Assad family and the Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party, ill?

Just another waste of US tax money. Don’t worry though — it will be mostly borrowed and paid for by cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Food Stamps. The blend will be subject to negotiation between the Democrat wing and the Republican wing of our ruling Bipartisan Party. With Israel’s approval, of course.

today’s reuters report on salafist intrusions into tatarskhan being an example

syrian operations provide russia and china tactical and strategic operations to test against salafist terrorism sheltering inside civilian settlements

They are ready to throw away the eggs, smash the pots and pans, kill off a lot of the staff, trash the stove and all the while some are claiming the country will be able to feed the people better than the regime that is there is doing now.

Sure you are!

No government worth the taxes to support it has the right to support the murder – that’s all your comment suggests- of some other country’s citizens or it is a flaming liar. They cannot expect peaceful and law abiding citizens in their own territories but fan chaos in other countries. That is not one of the principals they agree to when they walk into the UN.

No one but itself ever appointed the US the Cop of the planet. And all of the underhanded forces supporting the chaos in Syria are corrupt and underhanded regimes simply because they are doing what they are doing and not admitting it publicly. They would prosecute any person participating in such activities within their own borders. By walking into the UN they agreed that the rule of law they apply to themselves they would also apply to each other.

As a private citizen, I would be charged with being an accessory to murder if I knew about a situation in my neighborhood where people were killing each other and I helped them with more tools for their activities. Only the police are permitted to stop the situation and can only attempt to stop the chaos. They are not permitted to take sides. But in the situation of Syria we are urged to action by popular resentment and unseen actors with very obscure motives. To put it in the vernacular – someone is going to have egg on their face, at the very least.

There are other options for the Syrians. They could have staged mass shut downs of the country. Those who want the downfall of the regime could simply refuse to cooperate with any aspect of its political or commercial life and brought the country to a halt or slowed it down considerably until those they claim unfairly dominate the political and economic life of the country are forced to discuss the situation with them and make the necessary reforms. The government was apparently willing to negotiate. The opposing forces weren’t listening. The video “evidence” of mass protests I have seen, gave no clear indication that any peaceful protesters had been shot or that anyone was being arrested. Everything I can see or learn about the situation is little more than rumor.

BTW – I had an operation under anesthesia a few months ago and had a suspicion confirmed. I was out for an hour and didn’t know it. I was raised a Catholic Christian and was told to expect a life everlasting. There wasn’t one. Not even a dream. There simply “wasn’t anyone home” and my body was under the absolute control of the anesthesiologist. I could have died and I wouldn’t have known the difference. I wouldn’t have known anything at all actually: even the fact that I had ever lived. That insight wasn’t actually unexpected and it wasn’t traumatic either. I expected it. Your brain is the “House of God”. You ought to be very careful what you do with it. Once you’ve lost it – you’ve lost your life and any definition or idea of God you may have had. The slow motion illustration of this fact can also be seen in cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

It just leaves me asking myself – is it worth it at all to pay attention to other people’s blandishments, come-ons and urges to action? Are the swindle or urges to swindle and murder worth it? It is very easy to suggest that nothing one does in life is worth it and one is little more than the vector for one’s own DNA.

You want to throw it or someone else’s away? SUCKER! Better to remove yourself with a bullet in your head – your God – and remove yourself from the commotion and not add too it.