By Kaleem Kawaja
Last Friday it was a day from hell in the small, lily white town of New Town, nestled in the beautiful valley in western Connecticut state. This town is just 30 miles west of the other better known town of Danbury, on US Route 84 that runs east to west through several northeastern US states. I am very familiar with the area as for four years I used to drive through this valley to take my daughter to her college in Massachussetts from my home about 400 miles to the south.
This gentle mountaneous valley of rolling hills is a most beautiful geographical part of northeastern US. Several high tech industries are located in the towns in this area. This area is affluent, clean, free of congestion and pretty shops, restsurants and houses.
But in this heaven like place in America an evil took root in the mind of a 20 year old young man, a psychologically deranged loner. He took several guns that his mother, who was living alone kept in the house, and went on a killing rampage against innocent people. After killing his mother he went to the nearby elementary school and shot dead 20 children, none of them older than 7 years of age and 6 of their teachers, all of them white. Then as police arrived at the school he killed himself dead. Thus was pure evil and hell on earth in a location that looks like heaven.
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This tragedy has broken the heart and mind of America and has shocked America's consicence and forced it to examine their own ethos. It is a time of great sadness for the entire humanity. But it should make America that is becoming increasingly God-less, and where defying God's basic guidance to mankind is violated by many every single day.
For decades now American troops have attacked far away lands annihilating villages and towns and rampaging innocent civilians; and then giving explanations that do not make sense. From Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan to western Pakitan a large number of inncocent civilans, children, women, old men have perished with the oslaught of the drones and "smart bombs" and "Agent Orange", often when they were asleep in the night; Israel's annihilation of innocent Palestinians for 50 years has been defended.
God is sending a message to those in America who think that their vast superority in military technology and weaponry and their smart science and technology systems can militarily conquer everything and everyone.
They should remember that in the past vastly superior militaries/technology of the Aad people, Pharohs, Romans, Genghis Khan et al also over ran everyone. But then as they became overtly sure of their might and technology, and no one could match them, evil from within their ranks imploded them and they were destroyed. Majority of Americans are good people and do not believe in wronging anyone let alone the poor civilians of Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan. But a few are becoming too arrogant.
This is time for the powerful and affluent Americans as a nation to think that it is God's law that "What goes arond, comes around". America is the world's greatest nation, not only scientifically, militarily advanced but also maximum collection of gifted and talented people. In the last 100 years they have built a great nation. They should now listen to God's signs that are coming up everywhere in this glorious land every few months in the form of insane killings perpetrated by their own upper class white people. The answer lies in reflecting seriously and finding a way out. God will help them remove this curse and scourge if they listen and learn and change the direction to the straight path. God's greatest characteristic is mercy and benevolance.
[Kaleem Kawajais a community activist based at Washington DC. He can be contacted at: kaleemkawaja@gmail.com]
Last Friday it was a day from hell in the small, lily white town of New Town, nestled in the beautiful valley in western Connecticut state. This town is just 30 miles west of the other better known town of Danbury, on US Route 84 that runs east to west through several northeastern US states. I am very familiar with the area as for four years I used to drive through this valley to take my daughter to her college in Massachussetts from my home about 400 miles to the south.
This gentle mountaneous valley of rolling hills is a most beautiful geographical part of northeastern US. Several high tech industries are located in the towns in this area. This area is affluent, clean, free of congestion and pretty shops, restsurants and houses.
But in this heaven like place in America an evil took root in the mind of a 20 year old young man, a psychologically deranged loner. He took several guns that his mother, who was living alone kept in the house, and went on a killing rampage against innocent people. After killing his mother he went to the nearby elementary school and shot dead 20 children, none of them older than 7 years of age and 6 of their teachers, all of them white. Then as police arrived at the school he killed himself dead. Thus was pure evil and hell on earth in a location that looks like heaven.
For decades now American troops have attacked far away lands annihilating villages and towns and rampaging innocent civilians; and then giving explanations that do not make sense. From Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan to western Pakitan a large number of inncocent civilans, children, women, old men have perished with the oslaught of the drones and "smart bombs" and "Agent Orange", often when they were asleep in the night; Israel's annihilation of innocent Palestinians for 50 years has been defended.
God is sending a message to those in America who think that their vast superority in military technology and weaponry and their smart science and technology systems can militarily conquer everything and everyone.
They should remember that in the past vastly superior militaries/technology of the Aad people, Pharohs, Romans, Genghis Khan et al also over ran everyone. But then as they became overtly sure of their might and technology, and no one could match them, evil from within their ranks imploded them and they were destroyed. Majority of Americans are good people and do not believe in wronging anyone let alone the poor civilians of Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan. But a few are becoming too arrogant.
This is time for the powerful and affluent Americans as a nation to think that it is God's law that "What goes arond, comes around". America is the world's greatest nation, not only scientifically, militarily advanced but also maximum collection of gifted and talented people. In the last 100 years they have built a great nation. They should now listen to God's signs that are coming up everywhere in this glorious land every few months in the form of insane killings perpetrated by their own upper class white people. The answer lies in reflecting seriously and finding a way out. God will help them remove this curse and scourge if they listen and learn and change the direction to the straight path. God's greatest characteristic is mercy and benevolance.
[Kaleem Kawajais a community activist based at Washington DC. He can be contacted at: kaleemkawaja@gmail.com]