By dierregi @ Morguefile.com
The world has gone crazy. It’s no surprise to anyone, or
least anyone that isn’t living in a cave or has their head buried in the sand,
to see how bad things are all around us. In Iraq, news reports tell us about
the horrors of beheadings
by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Though, apparently ISIS is small
potatoes compared to the governments
of Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and Somalia with regards to torture, persecution,
beheadings, and other forms of execution.
Then there’s another Islamic terrorist group called Boko
Haram. This militant group is so radical that to say they kill, steal, and
destroy doesn’t touch how extreme they are. According to CNN, “(they have)
bombed schools, churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and
assassinated politicians and religious leaders alike.” They’re widely known,
however, for recently kidnapping
hundreds of schoolgirls. In a more despicable move, the group forced these Christian
girls to convert to Islam and to be sold as slave brides, and thus revealing
their complete disregard toward the value of human life.
The atmosphere isn’t any better in Israel either. They’re
under constant attack by Hamas,
another Islamic terrorist organization. It’s not that the rocket
attacks are infrequent, either. It seems like Israel is constantly under
threat considering 11,000 rockets have been fired since 2005. And for Israel to
protect themselves, they use air strikes to target the terrorists. But Hamas is
depraved enough to use human
shields and then cry foul when civilians are hurt or killed. And to show
that nothing is sacred in their attacks toward Israel, Hamas even uses their
own mosques as terrorist facilities.
Violence is everywhere. Even in the United States there are
problems with anger and the use of violence. Use Ferguson, Missouri as an
example. Because a white police officer defended himself against a black man
that appeared to have been attacking him, the entire community and a large
portion of the country is experiencing civil unrest. Did the officer shoot the
young, black man unprovoked? Answering questions to get to the truth doesn’t
seem to matter much, it seems. CNN, an
international cable news network forgets that people are innocent until proven
guilty. But in their eyes, prior to knowing the truth through a trial by jury,
they declare the officer to be guilty by saying he “shot and killed Michael
Brown, an unarmed black teen.” Is that the truth? Does the truth even matter?
As it is, major cities throughout the U.S. are bracing for protests
that could potentially turn very ugly very fast.
