this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil.
we acknowledge the power to act that is in us
image and poem below the fold
(RubDMC's daily intro)
Noorul Huda Hayder, a two-year-old Iraqi child (L), her grandmother Haseena A. Haddad (2nd L), Hayder Obaid Mia, a four-year-old Iraqi child, and his mother Sabeha G. Hawi stand in the hallway before a news conference at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York, January 4, 2007. The two children were brought to the U.S. to receive a life-saving heart surgery, by representatives of the U.S. Army Reserves and the Rotary Club's Gift of Life Program. Both families will begin the return trip to Iraq on January 7. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A U.S. armoured vehicle burns after a roadside bomb attack in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, January 5, 2007. A roadside bomb hit what appeared to be a U.S. tank or armoured vehicle in Falluja, residents said, and television footage showed it burning and billowing black smoke. U.S. officials had no immediate comment on the attack or whether there were any casualties. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal
Untitled
by Wendell Berry
To my granddaughters who visited the Holocaust Museum
on the day of the burial of Yitzak Rabin, November 6th 1995.
Now you know the worst
we humans have to know
about ourselves, and I am sorry,
for I know you will be afraid.
To those of our bodies given
without pity to be burned, I know
there is no answer
but loving one another
even our enemies, and this is hard.
But remember:
when a man of war becomes a man of peace,
he gives a light, divine
though it is also human.
When a man of peace is killed
by a man of war, he gives a light.
You do not have to walk in darkness.
If you have the courage for love,
you may walk in light. It will be
the light of those who have suffered
for peace. It will be
your light.
Note: anniethena’s diary from yesterday is here. anniethena and I are alternating in posting this diary daily until RubDMC returns on January 14, so look for one by anniethena tomorrow.