I love that quote by Elie Wiesel who survived Auschwitz. It makes me proud of your grandfather for doing that. So many times in San Francisco, I have witnessed fighting on the buses, have sometimes stepped in, and sometimes have gotten the bus driver to pull over and force people off when they are abusive. It always amazes me when people sit around dumbfounded and do nothing at all. It’s frightening–because if they’ll do that over a small incident on the bus, then they’ll do it over big things when their reputations and lives are at stake.

However, I digress. The above paragraph has nothing to do with the situation in Libya. I find the entire political outlook from the United States to be confusing. I’m not the brightest when it comes to politics, but I do think that the U.S. needs to stop putting its nose in other people’s business. If they did so, money spent elsewhere could even be spent here at home, where so many are still out of work, where many do not have health care, where schools and school programs have been shut down because of budget cuts. These political endeavors by the government are more about power, less about compassion, and not about love. If you take love and compassion out of the mix when trying to accomplish something good–what really are you accomplishing? Does Justice prevail?