Who is My Neighbor?

 
Christian America asked God, "Who is our neighbor?"
And Jesus told us this story:

    A man and a woman were walking their children to school in Damascus when Assad's military forces dropped poisonous gas on them and 1,400 other mothers, fathers and children.

And while they were thrashing on the ground screaming and trying to breathe through scalded lungs and dying, France swaggered by, flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, "This is not our business. There are international agencies that should deal with this." And France walked on.

And the United Kingdom strolled by and pointed at the bodies with his walking stick and exclaimed, "Oh, dear. This looks a bit like Iraq, wouldn't you say? And old boy, we've been there and done that. I think we shall not do that again." (pronounced like a-rain.) And the United Kingdom walked away.

And Russia staggered by with his hands over his eyes, guzzled some vodka, and insisted, "This did not happen, and besides, we have homosexuals to beat up."And Russia stumbled off.

And Saudi Arabia zoomed by in a Ferrari and shouted, "This is outrageous! Why hasn't the United States done something about this?!" And Saudi Arabia sped away.

And the United States rumbled up in a convoy of SUVs, pick up trucks, Hummers, and Priuses, (1 person per vehicle) and said:

"Whoa! This is wrong, we should bomb the hell out of Assad!"

and

"Wait. Why should we get involved in their civil war? What's in it for us?"

and

" This is none of our business. We're not the cops of the world."

and

"Hmmm. If we can make money by getting involved in another war, count me in."

and

"What good will it do to put our troops at risk?"

and

"It won't do any good."

and

"These people are always fighting each other. We should just let them fight until they're all dead."


 Meanwhile, two million hungry, hopeless Syrians crowded into refugee camps in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and even Iraq and Egypt trying to find safety for their families.

And Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt looked out at the world and said, "Who are our neighbors?"