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A spot of shame
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We are having surprise visits from very powerful leaders in the world who can either stop the war or give the warlord a new lease to keep the nation in war. We need them to give us water the kill the fire that had swept all across the nation.

If you look at Somalia
You only see beauty
You see plains and plateaus
You see a chain of mountains
You see a variety of vegetation
You see game of many types

If you look at Somalia
You see prosperity
You see the best beaches
The best livestock breed
And a most fertile land
A large mineral reserve
And a vast oil deposit

Yet people are hungry
Children are dying
Women are starving
Men are fighting
It is a land of paradox
It is where the blessing
Turns out to be a curse

The world can give water
To put off the raging fire
It can also give money
To rebuid the nation
But it cannot give leaders
To run the nation for you
Failure to produce the right leaders
Is a spot of shame on our political face 

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Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on April 10, 2007
In the name of God or Allah that's not a reason to impose war and hunger on children or to destroy a Nation.
Ask Mammon sons why and they will answer that they aren't guilty if you happen to be poor, they have an oblication to their shareholders.
Somebody need to start saying NO.
Georg

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on April 9, 2007
Thank you for your honesty,Abdi Noor! If more people had it you could fond leaders to choose from. Education is the key. I pray Somalia will soon have the changes it needs to survive.The world over also needs new leaders to break the war habit!



Eileen

Reviewed on April 8, 2007
(((Abdi-Noor))),

I pray you find the water you need to kill the fires of violence that have overtaken your beloved Somalia. A most earnest, soul-searching poem of love for your nation, and for peace.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

I pray for your safety and pray God blessed and protects you and yours.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 8, 2007
You are so right. When George Washington put down the weapons of war, he became a stateman. Surely there is a Thomas Jefferson in Somalia worthy the task?

Ron

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on April 8, 2007
Ahhh, yes, you are so right, Abdi-Noor. When your own people turn their backs on their brothers and sisters to quench their thirst for power and fill their own personal greed, it is difficult to imagine a future that is any different than the present. I pray that someone will emerge, who will be a sort of messiah for Somalia and lead her people back into the arms of freedom and prosperity.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed on April 8, 2007

SOMALIA, Sudan and Ethiopia are the picture of the religious leaders of our time. In black and white: "VATICAN, ~MUSLIM LORDS~ CANTERBURY, AND THE WORLD CONVENTION OF CHURCHES". The situation now is not immorality, but AMORALITY.

I question the responsibility of VATICAN, CANTERBURY, MUSLIM LEADERS, AND THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. I ALSO QUESTION THEIR DIGNITY AND HUMANITY.

Justice is the only way. Stand up and say NO to those criminals.


Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on April 8, 2007
Water, not fuel, is the source of all life, and I truly hope they realize that very soon.

Reviewed by Susan Sonnen
Reviewed on April 8, 2007
Well stated, Abdi-Noor.

Reviewed by Donna Quesinberry
Reviewed on April 8, 2007
War and tensions make life so difficult to bare. It is our hope that water does quench the fires of rage and save the landscape and people.

Thanks,
~D.


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