I have learned a great deal from certain posters about the region and the geopolitics, that I am grateful for. I have also learned that certain tribes really hate each other and that's unfortunate. I was away from civilization for the last week and was back in the realm of media on Tuesday morning, I unexpectedly saw some horrific videos of the event at the Music Festival for Peace and was very angry.
I messaged a good friend who told me that this was to be expected given the way US foreign policy has influenced the areas, I just can't comprehend the lack of humanity, to not even preface their comments with condemnation of the acts of the terrorists. To be fair, they had probably had time to process what it was that I had just seen.
In this thread, I have read glimmers of understanding between the most vocal for both sides. Hopefully, the discourse can remain civil, we can all benefit from knowing exactly who and what led up to this as well as understanding the required response for such acts.
**My apologies I just had to write something, a week of isolation to be reading some of the comments here was really disheartening and not what people would be like if they were in a room together, that is all.
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