Monday, November 3, 2008

Congo Conflict

I really could not tell you what all of this is about. I do know that what these people are doing is extremely wrong. First, they (some of the retreating Congolese soldiers) are invading other people’s land. That alone is enough. You should never go on someone else property, of whom you do not even know, unexpectedly. They not only invaded other people’s property, but they also raped women. This is also very immoral. I think that raping a woman is one of the worst things that you can do to her. I think that this conflict that is going on is crazy. It should not be going on in the first place. This is just like the War in Iraq. All of this fighting and killing could have been avoided. Now, like the article says, several thousands of people have vanished from the refugee camps. I really do not know why this would happen. Maybe they left to find more food. Maybe some of them left also to find more medicine. I really do not know why they left the refugee camp. You would think that that would be one of the safest places for them to be staying. Maybe they believe otherwise or know that this is true but are too strong willed to stay at the refugee camps. I think that these two sets of people should resolve their problems and do so without violence being involved. For one thing, soldiers (I am sure) are getting killed pretty much for no reason because there is no need for them to be fighting. Also, innocent civilians are also being harmed by their fighting taking place. It is enough for a soldier to be harmed because they are pretty much expected to be harmed in some kind of way. However, it is even more heart crushing to know that lives of innocent people are being harmed. I am sure that innocent people have been killed and harmed in some sort of way with this current War in Iraq. (I really do not watch the news and keep up with the War in Iraq too much to know whether or not this is true). The American news programs probably do not want to report these incidences because they know that (most) Americans will look down on it. I know I do. I do not care how bad a problem may be; I think that any problem can be solved without fighting. I really did not fully understand why this conflict was taking place. However, I do know that it should stop as soon as possible so that more innocent people will not be harmed and more innocent women will not be raped. I think that they should quickly find a way to get those people more food because without it, of course, the people will die. The love ones of these people that will die from starvation will also be harmed. This is another way in which this conflict has negatively affected the lives of the people in that region of the world.

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