In the past few years we have seen some of the worst atrocities against humans, comparable to the cruelest and most barbaric acts humanity is capable of. At the height of our civilization we have also equalled the lowest we are capable of.
A few individuals have been indicted, some prosecuted and some other executed for their crimes against humanity. This is however nothing compared to the numbers of alleged international criminals who are still walking free and who even still hold office. In this regard I specifically think of George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Tony Blair and a large number of their collaborators and accomplices.
Tony Blair has left office and George W Bush will be doing so at the end of the coming year. We accepted that they would not be prosecuted for their alleged crimes whilst they still had the opportunity to veto it. Next year things however change and it is important that the world ensures that these people do not escape accountability with impunity.
In the course of the year the US Senate brought an issue to the foreground in regard to the Armenian genocide. They unfortunately dropped the issue like a hot patato. It remains important that we do open up these festering soars of the past – not necessarily to accuse and blame those who were responsible – all of them have long since past away – but to face the demons within Mankind. We are developing a collective conscience and in this sense we are all responsible for what we do to each other. We must know and understand ourselves so that we can improve and prevent recurrences.
There are many more of these incidences in history which we are not proud of and which we would rather not discuss. Among them is the history of Joseph Stalin which is actually much more recent than that of Armenia and which costs approximately 20 million lives. Mention is seldom made of the Gulag Archipelago. We all have the highest regard for the intellectualism and courage of the Russian people. We admire the way in which they got up from their knees after the fall of the old dispensation and regained their position as a proud people and an international force to be reckoned with. But there is a part of history that stands between Russia and the free world which we no longer can suppress.
In the new year I hope that I will be able to open up these injuries to the soul of a humanity to help us mend and face the future. I sincerely hope that readers will help make a small contribution in pursuing the truth and reconcile those who have been kept appart by injustice.
J.C.Grobler.
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