The World is on Fire!

The impression I receive from the news lately, is that the world is on fire. It seems that all hell has broken loose, yet many Americans do not even seem to notice. Of course, there are the scattered Facebook statuses, but those are of no real consequence. With everything that is going on, with American embassies under attack (in Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, Libya) you would think that the streets would be abuzz with horror and worry. I would at least expect widespread outrage at the American who created the Anti-Islam video that was the last domino catalyzing this mess. Instead business continues on normal.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/un-ambassador-acknowledges-turbulent-time-in-mideast-amid-rocky-transition-to-democracy/2012/09/16/a1e9aeb4-0000-11e2-bbf0-e33b4ee2f0e8_story.html

In April, I spent twelve days in Tunisia and actually visited the embassy there. I met the Ambassador and several Tunisians. Thinking about they are currently experiencing is impossible; my imagination cannot even come close to recreating such a situation. After traveling there, I am no longer sympathetic with only the Americans there but also the citizens of Tunisia, who have lately been so desperately struggling to create their own stable government.

http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/09/15/recent-attack-on-us-embassy-raises-security-questions/