We All Bleed Red

I will be the first to admit that I am not very politically educated. Which is only a choice of my own and not something that I need to be scolded for. I am however making up for my past by bettering my future. However, I cannot seem to get into a conversation with people whom have the mentality that if France had gotten involved when the US went to war with the Taliban, we wouldn't be here. It's almost victim shaming, and frankly it's embarrassing that anyone would say it.

As a country in 2001 we didn't think Bush was doing the right thing, in hindsight, he did exactly what he should have done to defend this country. As far as France's decision to not get involved, at the time, they thought it was the best decision for them. I do not believe that what happened to them two nights ago, wouldn't have happened if they had come to our defense. It probably would have happened regardless. Although France denounced our decisions to go to war, they hurt with us; they felt our devastation and they mourned with us as we figured out how to overcome. Now we must do the same for them. And if they need us to back them in eradicating the evil, we should be there to do so. Even though we proved we wouldn't stand to be attacked, we are still at risk of it happening again, more often than we'd like to give notice to.

While we now have mutual pain to share with France, we cannot deny them our help when they need it. Doing so isn't how we should respond as humanity hurts. We need to come together and help those that hurt and defend those that are being attacked. Just as at home we have Anti-Bullying going on, the same holds true for this planet; we all have homes and families, and when the chips are stacked, no one wants to feel alone.

I had a conversation with a friend in France tonight and there's even more I didn't know that was going on, however she was grateful for the compassion and support that is being sent their way. We need to continue to do that, and we need to continue to work diligently on protecting and bettering humanity, because that's what this is, an attack on humanity and it cannot be tolerated.

This picture is exactly where we are as a whole, as a planet, and as humanity.