we need to be more humble
recognizing the delay
how slow we were to act
to give them aid
to give them comfort
holding onto old allegiances
not seeing tomorrow
When they cried for freedom
we should have acted
we must learn that lesson
when we are too timid
When we fritter away
the peoples’ mandate
when we remember friends
when they have brutalized their people
We must turn
live by our statements
that we should lift them up
when they cry out for freedom
Ours is to speak
to not remain silent
short-term expediency
does not excuse inaction
We must be resolute, bold,
standing with those yearning to breathe free
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edited January 13, 2016
When They Cried for Freedom –
v3
(editing version 2)
edited January 10, 2016
The People Shall be Free – v3
(editing original and version 2)
edited November 2, 2015
The People Shall be Free – v2
May 20, 2011
The People Shall be Free
edited
November 1, 2015
In a
More Perfect World – 3 – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited
May 30, 2014
In a
More Perfect World – 3 – v2
May
20, 2011
In a
More Perfect World - 3
edited November 1, 2015
When They Cried for Freedom -
v2
May 19, 2011
When They Cried for
Freedom
Speech
May 19, 2011 by United States President Barack Obama
on
the Arab Spring of 2011
and
how our country will chart a new course
holding
up the people more
and
not just focusing on our narrower
financial
and strategic interests
&
March 17, 2011
UN Security Council approval of sanctions against Libya
&
calling on President Obama and the world
to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and
Bahrain,
to stand with the people
yearning to breathe free
and not worrying about the results,
that it is always right to stand for basic human rights
&
on
the transformations since the beginning of December -
all
the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Syria,
Jordan,
Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania,
Senegal, etc.
and
especially
the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February
11, 2011
&
and
the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus
the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February
18, 2011
&
hearing
claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in a
news conference that when history books tell it
we
will be seen as being on the right side of history
in
how the United States responded
&
Post
on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our
Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February
14, 2011
&
Post
on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”
February
13, 2011
and
see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)
by
Safiyah Fosua
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