i was handing out poetry on the street
when i saw a tall man hitting a short man
so i rushed over and separated them
not wanting to see violence nor victims
The tall man ran away,and i was then informed
that he had run on his bill @a restaurant
and the aggressor was the restaurant owner
So it is in Libya-where a Green Revolution
seems to mean shooting peaceful demonstrators
and streets fill with more-as in Iran,.Qatar,Bahrain,Oman
Saudi Arabia and Syria.Did it start in Tunisia?Move to Egypt?
Did this nascent and emergent desire for democracy
arise via FACEBOOK and tweet?Is Egypt simply a military coup?
and Libya a civil war?Were we righteous to invade Iraq
(with a stable government)as well as Afghanistan(which has tribal rule only)?
And,if we fail,where is the virtue in failure?
Goodness requires attunement to means as well as ends
What starts as a Crusade may well end
in a jihad.
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