The war

Today, I read in the news that kids in Iraq who are so desperate for education that they are willing to brave the danger around them, to learn under the ruins of the school. Deep in my heart I felt a really strong empathy for these kids. Iraq's education system used to be the best in the region and yet, within such a short time everything was ruined, thanks to the so-called super leaders of the world who masked their ulterior motives under the pretense of spreading democracy around the world.

I always thought democracy is about giving the power to the people to make their own choice and decisions. So, what power are you giving if the children cannot even be accorded a safe environment for them to get their education. We wailed for the loss of lives during the 'highly-publicised' 9/11 tragedy, but how many of us really take time to think about the loss of lives during the war of Iraq, or the never-ending chaos in the Gaza strip. I believe the number of lives lost are far beyond the 9/11 tragedy. I am no fan of terrorist, but I am no fan of biased and unjust treatment either. Do we realise that most of the time, our sympathy are very much guided by the people whom in the first place are the one who mastermind all this? We cried for holocaust victims, but there were never any mention about the killings of women or children in the Sabra & Shatilla massacre. We felt deeply for victims for London bombing, but do we talk about thousands of women who were widowed during the Afghan war? Why is it that when tragedies happen in the countries that control the media, wide publicity is given? Are we really giving the help to those who are really in need.

It got me thinking, whose democracy are we championing for?