an update on the taiwan warning...

apparently many nations warned Indonesia about possible terrorism, and they did nothing.

very much like what happened in Summer, 2001, in the United States.

ABC News is reporting that the US may reopen our military ties with Indonesia to help the war on terror in the wake of the horror in Bali last Saturday (and it was my birthday too...some birthday.)

Now, aren't these the same people who SLAUGHTERED one million of their people during the 1965 CIA-sponsored coup, and then MURDERED another 250,000 East Timorese?

and we want to reopen military ties on them to crack down on "terrorism."

In the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, it was Communism we sought to control. Now, it's terrorism. Both nebulous (in a sense). Perhaps we'll prevail. But I feel we currently are on the precipice of tens of millions of deaths over the next few decades in the name of fighting "terrorism." Governments will be replaced if they don't agree with us. Police actions and regime changes will occur.

The world is coming apart.

Many nations will experience their own "September 11ths." Australia has. (in proportion to their total population of 18 million, the attack in Bali is very, very bad. I mourn with them.)

Australia likely will experience what we did. A mourning period coincideing with rising nationalism. Flags everywhere. Then- strong "anti-terror" legislation that slowly erodes the freedoms democracies cherish.

Indonesia's (esp. Bali's tourist trade) economy is ruined. Their markets are swinging wildly this morning(i guess evening there)...I fully expect a pretty wild day on Wall Street today.

The world is coming apart around us. I find it ironic that many sci-fi novels, tv shows, and movies depict the 21st century as one of unprecedented horror and violence. Life imitating art? It sure looks that way.

Due to all of this, I have made a very heartwrenching decision. I simply cannot bring a child up in this violent world of ours--I can't do it. I've decided that I will never have children.

god help us.