The recurring theme of pointing two fingers is crucial; At this point, political affiliation is no excuse for apathy.
Exit strategy is a really pretty word. However words are cheap, and getting cheaper; and nothing is more a testimony to that than our (every single person who stands by and allows it) blatant disregard for our own constitution. The second our liberties became disposable, we ALL needed to take to the streets. We have traded freedom for freedom from fear…and yet we still live in fear.

Thank you for exposing the views you have found on the road, it helps us to all be closer together when we hear each other clearly.

Thank you for recognizing that DAILY attacks in Iraq, though easy enough to dismiss from this side of that big ocean, from this side of the WalMart counter, and the Gap rack; leave memories that scar as deeply as the ONE we can’t forget.

Thank you for making a call for solidarity absent of tragedy and for putting it all into perspective.

Finally, thank you for placing Ani’s words here. I hadn’t seen or heard this piece before, but it’s powerful and poignant and I’m grateful.