Wars Abroad and Homelessness Home
President George W. Bush made the long-awaited speech on Iraq and his new policy on the War on Iraq.
It was broadcast live in Japan. The President talked about military situations in Iraq and involvement of Syria, Iran, and Al-Qaeda. CNN analysts were also arguing about situations in Baghdad.
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Meanwhile, ABC News reported that "there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade." (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2785098)
It is likely that there are many ex-US soldiers, who fought in the Gulf War, among the homeless people.
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When did this sequence of military situations start to happen?
Since the end of the Gulf War, the US and UK air forces had continued air patrol and attacks, when deemed to be necessary, on Iraqi territories through 1990's and to 2001. And then, the War on Iraq was initiated after the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S. mainland.
The true sequence may be considered to have begun with the Viet Nam War, and then led to USSR's Afghan invasion and further to the eruption of the Iran-Iraq War.
After all, when those wars were over, suddenly Iraq invaded Kuwait in August, 1990, resulting in the start of the Gulf War in early 1991.
Al-Qaeda was formed in the wake of the defeat of Iraq in 1991. Terrorists started to launch attacks on US assets and resources, including the one on the World Trade Center in 1993. On September 11, 2001, the decisive attacks were carried out on American soil, which led to America's wars on Afghanistan, Terror, and Iraq.
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The current situations can be discussed from various viewpoints including Mesopotamia's ancient glory, Iran's ancient glory, Christians vs. Muslims conflicts and Israelites vs. Muslims conflicts as well as sectarian strife among Muslims, occupations of Arab by Turk and then the U.K., modern days' oil strategies of the U.S., and globalization of economy and democracy in the Third World in the 21st century.
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I suppose most American citizens might not be well prepared to deal with these viewpoints and issues.
God might not expect American citizens alone to tackle these historic problems.
This is part of my idea on situations the U.S. now faces, since I got the report telling that there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005.
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In Japan, it is said that there are 25,000 homeless people (though could be 300,000 in proportion to the populations of the two countries).
Accordingly, I do not recommend Japanese citizens to venture to involve in any conflicts in foreign lands regardless of cause.
Wars abroad and homelessness home cannot be a proof of our faith and trust in God Almighty.
"THE PERSON WHO SERVES ME AND WHO DOES NOT"