The world around us

So many of us wonder what we are going to eat for dinner, hoping its not more meatloaf or another casserole. We are all wondering what matters most to us, for some its the dinner theory, for others its clothes, video games, friends, school, even paying the bills and getting your taxes in on time. Of course we worry about those things because it is what matters most to us for some it is wrongly based with material things and with others it is there family, the family that they have grown to love and cherish.But if we were to stop, turn off the T.V's, the ipod's, and the games we shall see there are others in the world that have hardships that they have to live with everyday.The U.S has had it pretty easy, of course we have been blessed with a multitude of things that some have taken for granted, while others have counted them. There is a war in Iraq many, if not all people know about,there is communism in North Korea, and starvation as well as genocide in Darfur, but that is just a small portion of what is going on in the world.
Lets start with the war in Iraq, something most know about. People are being bombed on the streets , not only men, but women and children. Journalists are being taken, held hostage, tourchered and even beheaded. There are peoples sons , daughters, nieces ,nephews and grandchildren, peoples families,out there risking there lives all because someone decided to ram two planes into the twin towers. So many people died that day and so many are dying today. There is controversy over whether or not the U.S. should stay in Iraq,some say it is helping while others say it is just making more problems. I say it is all based upon your personal beliefs about war and all that have died in 9-11 and the deaths that have gone on during the war. But is it really worth the sacrifice?
Then there is North Korea, there leader has subjected them to limited knowledge of the outside world.They are unable to do what they please, even in their own homes.They must ask permission to read certain books, they can't have anything from outside of their country. When tourists come they are told to stay away, they are told nonsense about Americans and they way the rest of the world is.They even have to ask permission to go out of town, even for just a few hours or miles. They are unable to have cars and can't even color their hair a different color or see a western movie. Although their leader has done most, if not all the things he is depriving his people of. People have gone "missing" there and no one bothers to ask, for fear that they will be killed. A country that is completely controlled by there government with no freedom.
And last but not least amongst the issues that I must mention is Darfur.The Sudanese government ans ethnic militia called "Janjaweed" have been in an armed conflict with rebel groups called the SLM and the SLA ( Sudanese Literation Movement/Army) and the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) since early 2003. As part of its operations against the rebels, government forces have developed a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against the civilization population who are members of the same ethnic group as the rebels. The Sudanese government forces and Junjaweed militia burned and destroyed hundreds of villages. They have killed and caused the deaths of 200,000 people and have raped and assaulted hundreds of women and girls. As of January 2007 about two million displaced people live in camps in Darfur, and at least 232,000 have fled to neighboring Chad where they live in refugee camps.Thousands upon millions need food, clothing and shelter because the conflict has damaged the local economy, markets and trade in Darfur.The rebel allegiances have split and shifted since the conflict began in November 2005 when the SLA split into two fracture's.Now as of early 2007 there are more than a dozen split fractures of the SLA and the JEM . The rebel groups are well divided with some supporting the May 2006 Peace agreement and then there is the majority of others who refuse to sign the agreement. Some of them operate under an umbrella cooperation known as the National Redemption Front (NRF). Although they have settled down some and are getting help, it is still extremely bad.
All of this is just a smidgen of what is going on in the world.Yes the U.S. has it bad, but not nearly as bad as the some other countries do. People are being killed in Nicaragua for there shoes! Yes there are crisis' in the U.S as well, I'm not saying there aren't. But it is far better than what others have around the world.We have controlled settings and a government that supports us, not one that is against us.