Red Masking Tape

This is a tragic day, not only in London, but all over the world. My heart goes out to those affected by the recent bombings in London. It is a sad circumstance when feel we have to worry about our loved ones who are on vacation or simply taking a train to work.

Tony Blair commented on the bombings:
Blair, flanked by fellow G-8 leaders, including President Bush, read a statement from the leaders. "We shall prevail and they shall not," he said.

My reaction to this statement is one of anger and dismay. It's not like the nations of the world are playing 'cowboys and indians' in our backyards with brooms as horses and twigs as guns. This is real life, real injury, and real death. I would argue that it shouldn't be about who prevails, but instead about who is saved by peace-making and the resolution of a dirty war, which is affecting increasing numbers of innocents all over the world.

The article goes on to say:
The U.N. Security Council was expected to pass a resolution condemning the blasts later Thursday, an official said.

This statement boggles my mind. Have we gotten so far away from the reality of the situation that we need a resolution condemning a bombing that kills fathers, mothers, siblings, grandparents, tourists, workers, aunts, and uncles? Is it really that up in the air? It seems that the governments of the world have to step back so far from the reality of the carnage in order to continue justifying its purpose. By creating a system that requires a meeting to propose a resolution to condemn a bombing that kills real live people... changing hundreds of lives directly and hundreds of thousands indirectly... they have turned it into something that might be a TV mini-series or a really badly written action movie. The reality is masked by the red tape. It's simply ludicrous.