Children Dead from War

Horrible things are going on in this world. At the hands of people who claim to be religious. The young man below is being decapitated by ISIL "religious" people.

I apologize.  These photos express horrible acts. Perhaps if we see the horror we might be compelled to be agents of change. 

"DID YOU EVER STOP TO NOTICE

ALL THE CHILDREN DEAD FROM WAR"

"LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE TO THE WORLD, LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE"

Michael Jackson, Earth Song

When 200 girls were seized from their school graduation service and taken to the jungle by Islamic terrorists, too few civilized humans said or did anything. Their own government did very little, for fear of the influence of the terrorists.  Then when the parents of those girls cried out to protest, the terrorists came back to their village and killed the mothers and fathers of those girls.  We sat back, "civilized" people from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, India, Ecuador, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, you and I. Perhaps a few of you tweeted something. 

 When Malaysian Airliner MK 17 was shot down over Ukraine, by soldiers, killing nearly 300 innocents, we sat back, you and I. 

Bodies, many still strapped in their airline seats landed in farm fields, through the roofs of homes.  The last 3 seconds of their lives must have been of unspeakable horror.  What if a few of them were alive as they fell to the earth? The idea is almost too horrible to describe.  Even as the plane fell and burned, Russian sponsored military officers of the rebel army,  bragged that they shot it down. 

In Gaza, over 1,500 people have been killed, by Israel's jets, tanks and attacks. Most credible reports say that over 1,000 of them have been women and children.  The Hamas fighters have sent many bomber rockets to Israel, and we are told that those have killed a perhaps 30 or 40 people in Israel, 3 of those have been children.   There is blood on the hands of both sides, the Jewish people and the Islamic people in this battle.  Israel perhaps has shown it's military superiority, but the people of Gaza have shown their willingness to die for their aspirations for freedom. No doubt, the conflict has done Israel more damage in the perception of the world in this conflict.  But regardless, we know who the absolute losers are. The children and innocents who have been killed. 

ISIL (ISIS) has terrorized people from Syria to Iraq and continues to use beheading of children and young men as a way to force compliance.  Their method to instill fear is centuries old. It has proven as effective as it is evil. 

In Africa similar Islamic groups have kidnapped, burned, executed and murdered children repeatedly and recently.  The world's leaders have often given lackluster response and justice or forces for good have been weak at best.

The civilized ethics of all religions and atheists alike, the Bible, Koran, Tora, Buddhist Teachings, Hindu, all have taught to have love and sympathy for women, children, elderly, helpless.  Indeed the Koran even says that people should not be forced to make a religious choice.  The Koran also teaches that Christians, Jews and Islamic people will find God and should be respected.  Thus we can only believe that these unspeakable acts are political acts to terrorize people into obeying and following them.  The guise of religion is cynical and manipulative at its worse. 

But how much can we  ignore, these acts. Where are the good, educated, enlightened, brave leaders of this world to fight off this darkness that is spreading around the globe? See this lady, in the Ukraine, walking along a field of sunflowers, averting her glance from the dead person who fell from the sky. 

How much do I need to show you, to convince you that terrible evil, done in the name of religion (and politics) is happening in our world.  You must use your voice, your influence for good.  Whatever you have, you must use it to speak words of wisdom, compassion, words of peace to this troubled world. 

If you cannot act, or if you cannot handle the truth of what is being done in our world, today, as you sit in your chair and watch TV or read the paper, understand that the worst of it, is being filtered out.  My heart  says we must face the truth.  BootheGlobalPerspective compels me to use my voice to share truth. This is not pretty, is is horrible.  Do not show this to your children.  It was posted by Catholic workers, trying to help children caught in the war attacks of ISIS (ISIL).

But, these images are just a few of what our leaders are seeing in their daily briefings and these are not isolated cases.  

I urge you to remember Gaza, Israel, Africa, Syria, Iraq, the Ukraine and other places on this earth, where evil men are doing evil things as we sit by.  If good men do not act, evil men will rage on. My purpose is not to favor or attack any religion. It is not to favor or attack any political entity. It is to favor good people and good actions, vs evil people and evil acts.  Innocents are dying at the hands of ambitious and well funded terrorists as well as greed bound and power driven politicians.  Please, I beg you to search your heart,  find your energy, your influence, to urge a stop and a solution to these acts.  

Every civilized people through history has known what to do, to contain murder and bloodletting.  History has also told us, that if the good people do not lead, then evil people will lead.  

Help with your voice. Send this report to someone, make people see.