Another Why?

Another “why” in my periodic questions about life.

We all know that in Syria the conflict creates nothing but misery.

If the Assad regime truly cared about its people then the cruelty of conflict would have ended a long time ago or not have esculated to the civilian population. If the rebel factions truly cared about the people then they too would have found a different way to demand or accelerate their desire for freedom and the need for change. It is unfortunate, but the human mind still favors killing as a way to eliminate an opposition.

The people are always the losers. The people, the civilians, the non-combatants are the ones who are either killed or forced to leave their homes and flee to camps in dirty, desolate or foreign places.

This scenario is not endemic to Syria. It has happened in every civil conflict since the beginning of wars.

There must be a solution somewhere that we mortals can embrace. I don’t know where to find it accept in the grace of spirit. I don’t know where to find it accept in the acknowledgement and the absolute acceptance that all is as it should be. That understanding is hard and difficult when children suffer and families are torn apart.