Reflection #6

      Today my class visited the Pentagon for a tour, and of course, they showed us where the hijacked plane crashed into the building. This made me think about everything that we have learned over the past few weeks, and made me wonder what people would have said during the time when those horrific attacks happened in response to our discussions that the MENA region is not a crazy, backwards region thirsting after American blood. I know I, myself, would have been skeptical. At least now I can say that the concerns of my second grade self have been put to rest and that I have a more educated understanding to some of these crazy things that happen in our world. I do, however, now feel another layer of sadness. Initially, I think of the innocent women, men, and children who lost their lives  to a regime's obsessive goals, but then I also think of the innocent women, men, and children who have had to pay dearly for a regime's actions that didn't really represent their nation. There has been so much politics and rather messy strategies of states trying to get what they want, and it makes these non-violent social movements/resistances all the more necessary. I just hope we can get to a point in the world where that necessity becomes a commonality.