I realize that it is increasingly difficult to put our faith in institutions like the UN, and we�re bruised and reduced by the knowledge that petitions and protests fall on deaf ears. What, honestly, can we do if the government has made up its mind? If the answer is: nothing, this to me is far more frightening than a wobbly old dictator in the desert.
the eminently confirming, apt, and erudite Gail Armstrong at Open Brackets
