is it really that difficult? REALLY?

There are some people that start the day well, and find that it has all changed, often within minutes. You know, that time that the alarm rings, or the sun comes through, waking you up, and somehow you start with a smile on your face, and a warm fuzzy glow. Within ten minutes you usually find that the alarm went off early or late, or that the sun very quickly vanishes behind the rain clouds. You might put the radio on, and then regret it as the news tells you endless amounts of doom and gloom are coming your way – those nasty people will be in your street before the week is out! The Middle East is in melt-down (again!), some boat refugees are trying to get to Australia (and failing), or the USA Christian Far Right are making yet another push at getting one of their puppets into the White House. Sometimes it’s quite depressing. When you think about it – really think about it – most people actually want a quiet life. Go on, admit it. There is little better than having a safe night’s sleep, and waking up, with a clear idea that you are going to see your family, or your family is coming to see you, and then you can potter around the garden for a bit, mow the lawn, all that ‘usual’ stuff. You don’t have to worry about where the next missile is coming from, or where it’s going to land. You don’t have to worry whether some homicidal maniac with a machete is going to go ‘postal’ in your street, and start to attack the local population – hey, you actually like some of your neighbours! As a rule, not too many people like too many surprises – they may jump at close-by thunder, at the same time admiring the lightning (but having huge respect for it). It takes a strange set of people to be willing to get violent with others (no matter how much you dislike them!). To pass that hatred off as a Divine Intervention is just plain ridiculous – it’s the same as having voices in your head, and we sometimes lock people up for that sort of behaviour! How anyone today can make some outrageous claim that the actions that they do are part of some ‘Gods’ plan is crazy – it makes no sense, no matter how much you look at it, or however many different ways you try to re-interpret it. This is supposed to be the 21st century – that means that this Jesus character was around more than 2,000 years ago. Jesus was Jewish, by the way – don’t forget that! During the last 2,000 years (or so) we have seen this planet nearly tear itself apart so many times that it’s pointless to try to count them! In the 1900’s we started quietly, with the invention of the aeroplane. I’m sure that the Wright brothers had no idea that with a short few years the plane would be used to such good effect in World War I. In the intervening years, leading up to WWII, the plane advanced even more. We saw huge monsters being used to carry massive bomb payloads between 1939 and 1945. In forty years the plane had utterly changed, and the world had changed with it. Basic gunnery at the start of the 1900’s changed during the war years, too. To end up with an atom bomb by 1945 was quite literally ground breaking stuff. In this troubled year of 2014 we are seeing too may divisions between people, for too many reasons. The joke that was the Arab Spring has descended into some form of Arab Hell for thousands of people. Although the recent Israel-Gaza conflict was hyped up to be some form of genocide, the people who labelled it so seem to have ignored the rest of the world, where genocide was truly being practiced. Syria is a nightmare, with this IS group behaving like the world’s worst school bullies, while having access to some real armament. This is the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields all over again, and the world does what it usually does in these situations, and talks about what actions may be taken. We have good-hearted people viciously butchered for all the world to see, and we sent in a few flights to pop a few missiles at what we hope are viable targets. This cannot continue, not in this form. If it is allowed to grow, IS will ruin what is left of Syria and Iraq, and its vile philosophy will pollute the neighbouring countries. It needs trashing, now, while it is still possible to do so.