August 20th, 2021
When Evil Reigns
Americans are being left behind in Afghanistan,
while the Taliban returns to power. Our military has been asked to stand down?
What has happened to our country?! God help us and these poor people!
August 25th, 2021
Tuesday
Just dropped my 4-year-old off at preschool, her
first day officially!
I was doing okay, until one of the younger mamas asked if I was having a hard time leaving her.
And then it hit me, and the tears came welling up.
Driving home, I thought about life and different things, and then something on the radio took my mind to Afghanistan and all the little girls living there. 4-year-old little girls. Children who may never have a first day of preschool or a chance for any kind of education.
I remember first learning about the plight of Afghani women years ago, when I happened to pick up a magazine at my grandma’s. With my cousins, I read a brave young woman’s account of the oppression and abject abuse that terrorized their daily lives. I couldn’t believe it. How could this be happening today, in our modern, supposedly enlightened world?
I was disturbed by this woman's words and the accompanying images. This type of injustice was simply unacceptable. Something had to be done.
But what could I do?
Thankfully, after the unprecedented attack on our mainland soil in 2001, action was taken, and these people were subsequently liberated.
Now, after twenty years of a better life for
those in that far off land, we are at a crossroads again. Evil has been given
leeway, has organized itself, and has no qualms. Afghanis will once again be
enslaved by a fascist regime if things remain as they are. Only this time I
have a feeling it will be worse than before.
Several years ago, my husband had the opportunity to take a trip to the Middle East as part of a 'thank you' program for TEDx organizers. Their main destination was Doha, Qatar. It was an eye-opening experience for sure.
At one point, Charlie was walking down the street with a male companion who was native to that area. As they made their way along, he accidentally bumped into a Qatari woman, dressed in traditional garb.
“Oh, sorry.” He apologized.
At once, he was surprised by his friend’s immediate and intense reaction.
“Don’t talk to her!” he growled under his breath, alarmed. “It is not allowed.”
Apparently, addressing a woman in that area of the world is highly frowned upon. It is breaking with tradition and completely unacceptable to acknowledge her as a human being. . . And what about all the little girls in Afghanistan? The young women?
What will their lives be like, with the rise of rampant evil happening as we speak? Will they ever be able to go to school or even walk down the street? To play outside with their faces uncovered?
Their future is not bright, as they are doomed, sadly, to very imminent and unavoidable oppression.
Best case scenario, opportunities will be taken away. But let's not fool ourselves. In less than a week, terror will reign again. A life of unthinkable torment awaits, looming bleak on the horizon. A more stabbing, electric shock to those who have had a taste of freedom, these last twenty years, in the sunshine of peacetime and our protection.
What is it that happens when evil men rule? History reminds us. .The people mourn.
We had a blackout here in Salt Lake last night, a power outage in our area for several hours. There was no light, and our little ones were scared.
Symbolically, an impending blackout hovers over the people of Afghanistan.
What can be done?
Where is the light?
Now that evil has been unleashed and will be spreading throughout that country unrestrained, there are bigger concerns than walks and education.
In just a few short days, perhaps even now,
tyranny and terrorism will be taking over the lives of the people living there.
It's terrifying to think about.
Members of the Taliban are undoubtedly planning the destruction of any light and knowledge still available to those unfortunate enough to call this region home.
The light of truth and freedom is being snuffed out.
In the name of despotism and absolute control, these evil men, terrorists, intend to extinguish the lights that are these little girls.
Young women living across the sea, who have been
brought up in the light/glow of relative truth and freedom, will now have no
rights, barely even an existence.
Thank God for men like Tim Ballard, Glenn Beck, and others who are heading up rescue efforts, taking action to save as many people as possible, doing what they can to get them out of the country before oppression takes over.
Before it is too late.
Can we not as a country offer them mercy? Where is the most powerful nation on earth, as these mercenaries infiltrate, spreading black terror throughout this area of the world?
A question worthy of contemplation.
