tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post6975850576381960140..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Nice. bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-39621310806213289482015-04-21T00:52:14.120-07:002015-04-21T00:52:14.120-07:00I have just had a conversation on this very topic,...I have just had a conversation on this very topic, Beth, with an (African) colleague at the office. When I was in Italy, this human tragedy was shown all day long on TV. It is Italy who is bearing the brunt of receiving and rescuing these poor people from their shores. Luckily, though, Italy receives funds from the EU to construct welcome centers and deliver First Aid and food. But the problem, my African colleague says, is that Libya and all the other countries from where these migrants come is no longer a governable state. It's a general state of anarchy and despair. Thanks to who? The West. This is what it has come to. All of the military intervention, meddling and interference of the West's "foreign policy" over the past decade and more has resulted in this. <br /><br />JulietAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com