.35) After Viewing 100 Photos Of Mideast War Comments

It really is the only thing that matters, isn't it? We never learn. Debbie Kean

last stanza Na, the whole poem was great.

The human condition... we never seem to learn! dan

Max. Thank you.

Yes...this is a piece that you would read again...slowly the second time....and rue over the hopelessness...there are some things which never change in time...and this is one of them....it could be any century...any color...anyplace on earth...Man will never ever learn. Thanks for sharing...Ray

I knew that I could count on a cool-headed piece and you provide it well. This is a 'saying-it-as-it-is' piece Max. It flows well and each word has a life. I always recall the slogan of the German Socialist, Karl Liebernicht: 'Capitalism or Barbarism? ' I still think it is pertinent. But is what is happening in the Middle East any more or less barbarous than what was inflicted, by the West on the Balkans and Iraq. I don't think so. I can say this though. In response to Tara's comment, it is this sort of thing (this poem) that raises my love for humanity.

It's that overwhelming sense of hopelessness, you capture it beautifully. It tortures me.

PS; I read it again. Three times more and it kicks and I feel ashamed, on behalf of the lack of humanity.

Hell, Max. Humility. The anger in this so finely expressed. If only the 'leaders' could and would do the same. Superb - and haunting. t x