Exporting democracy: Holy Land, Holy People

Editors, Asheville Global Report, While diplomats and journalists belabor nuanced connotations of the word disproportionate, in the news we witness, strewn across the land empty little shoes. On the backs of tiny children our crushing conundrums are carried. Without shelter, safety, food or water the wounded wail inhaling dust rising from habitations pulverized by our exported madness. Weeks drag on. Hospitals are bombed. Ambulances are bombed. Aid workers are bombed. Fleeing families are bombed. International rules of engagement? With flagrant disregard we, civilized, underwrite and sign this check. As Lebanon lies smoldering in ash bleeding victims bury the long dead while hatred smelted in the inferno of war is hammered, refined and sharpened against America. Israel licks its wounded northern flank and hopes for better days ahead. We all hope. A sick and wilting hope covers the Holy Land gilding a deep and terrible rage. Blood runs in the streets where Jesus, Mohammed and Abraham walked. Will the lion ever lie with the lamb? Cry out Jerusalem, cry out for all your children. Thank you AGR for taking the time and care to fully inform us of this our most recent and tragic human folly. Sophia V. Brooks Black Mountain, NC