Into the Fist of the Madman – v2

The world allowing this to continue

the people seeking freedom

given over, abandoned,

into the fist of the madman.

Hope not yet extinguished

as the people fight for freedom;

a million strong in Benghazi

still needing our assistance.

Time is now, urgent,

the window not yet closed;

but the brutality of revenge

will surely come.

If we ignore the people,

if we turn a blind eye on the martyrs;

where we said he should be overthrown

we must act on our convictions.

Any action is a start,

we must do more than speak;

words just a spark, a start,

but may they burn with freedom.

Acting on convictions,

stopping the dictator;

history will judge us by

how we act in this very moment.

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edited March 24, 2015

Into the Fist of the Madman – v2

March 16, 2011

Into the Fist of the Madman

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/into-fist-of-madman.html

calling on President Obama and the world

to speak out and act in the Middle East

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 January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

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