Thailand is under Martial law as the military has decided to overthrow the Prime Minister from his position of power as he attends ceremonies at the UN this week here in New York.
Prime Minister Gyurcsany from Budapest, Hungary has vowed to respond in force against more rioting, the worst Hungary has seen since the fall of communism. The rioting however, was a result to a leaked tape where Mr Gyurcsany admitted his government had lied to the public in the recent elections. Thereby undermining his authority in making such threats.
It is odd to think of two places I have been to where I felt at such peace can be experiencing such turmoil.
The Iranian president attended a UN meeting while French President Jacques Chirac changed positions today in saying sanctions against Iran are not needed. Which seems to be a 180 change from their position when the resolution against Iran using nuclear weapons was drawn up. Bipolar or not, I agree with Chirac when he said that he had never seen sanctions being effective in the past.
I am actually going to give our president some praise today when he made it a point in his UN speech to say that America is not at war with the Muslim faith.
Pope Benedict has been withstanding a lot of protests and criticism from the Muslim community from his recent remarks that portray Islam as a violent faith. Honestly, I have no idea what he said as I did not hear the speech, and perhaps it was inappropriate in general or as a man of his position, but something has to be said when responses like the following from the Mujahedeen Shura Council are released in response;
You infidels and despots, we will continue our jihad (holy war) and never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering banner of monotheism, when God's rule is established governing all people and nations...
This isn't fair to moderate Muslims; to portray them in the same light. But when your loudest public voice seems to be those like the Mujahedeen Shura Council, it's understandable how many not of the Muslim faith start to get tunnel vision with their view of the religion.
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