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As a human being...
To conceive the possibility of peace as part of our daily existence...?
Day after day goes by and there is no news of any war...
Of any massacres or Drone strikes...
Of the hastening of bringing our soldiers home who are forever transformed...
Of civilian casualties in seemingly endless waging war whose lives are also forever transformed...
Can you close your eyes...feel it...envision this concept...?
Peace as a concept...peace must become our reality...
I have been posting about our soldiers upon the eve of the eleventh year of war commencing with Afghanistan. Now, I would like to present the great human suffering, the lives lost, the destruction of the high price of war. It is not something we care to truly think about, yet it is a reality for thousands upon thousands of innocents, and this too, must be honored.
I did some research to get some statistics of the lives lost...not an easy task. I also will post links to websites that show the destruction, the devastation, and the lives lost in our waging of war. I will also post some pictures to honor the civilians killed, many of whom are children. Simply imagine if you can what it must feel like for the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Bahrain, and the other countries that become engulfed in "our conflicts." I find it terribly heartbreaking and so unnecessary. So, what I feel I can do to help contribute to peace, and the ending of this madness right now, is my voice...May peace be with you...Alslam alykom...Que la paz este con todo el mundo...
Afghanistan: Estimated 12,500-14,700 Civilian deaths
http://costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civilians
Iraq: Documented deaths since the Iraq War 109,073-119,174
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Pakistan: Hard to get a correct amount. Sites vary. One site stated there could be more civilian casualties that Afghanistan, Raw Replay states 774 since 2004, and another site states 2,464-3,145.
Pakistan suffers from incessant U.S. and NATO Drone strikes. Aid workers are subject to strikes in helping the victims and family members and friends attending funerals of their lost loved one are as well. Learn the truth behind the stikes please. From Mother Jones "...But the Times, citing "counterterrorism officials," also reported that the U.S. classifies all military-age men in a drone strike zone to be militants, unless their innocence is proven after the attack."
http://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/drones
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/u-s-drone-strikes-killed-775-civilians-since-2004-report/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/drone-warfare-obama-counterterrorism
https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/2012/sep/25/study-obama-drone-deaths
Yemen: stpeteforpeace.org gives deaths by years this is what I was able to count, 241, yet who truly knows.
http://stpeteforpeace.org/yemen.html
Here are two other links that I have provided for futher reading regarding war and its horrific affects as well as as one with some very good information from Wiki.
http://costsofwar.org/article/civilians-killed-and-wounded
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_intervention_in_the_Middle_East
I am so sad with all of my heart and all of my soul...
I can only pray we become humane enough to put an end to war once and for all. I send my love and blessings to all who have lost their loved ones to these senseless wars, conflicts, insanity...Alslam alykom...Paz y Amor, Maria
Maria Juarez Beam
Musical Selection: Maher Zain "So Soon"
I dedicate this entire post to my most beloved brother Mohamed...Shokran mahobe akh...
"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war." Albert Einstein
"All war is deception."
Sun Tzu
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." Dwight D. Eisenhower
MAY LOVE & PEACE RAIN UPON ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD...MJB
Mother Teresa
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