Inconsistency?

           

Ive been real intrigued by the Russian/Georgian conflict, for several reasons. The battle over western and eastern ideologies first grabbed my attention and I started getting sucked in to the pro-west mindset and fervor that once held most americans during the days of the cold war. Then I started hearing what could be called a "meta-message", this wasn't a meta-message intentionally inlayed into the coverage but instead of how I started to interpret the actions by our government, the coverage, and the feelings of importance of what was happening. That is kind of vague so I will try to narrow it down. 

       The meta-message started occurring when they started giving numbers about the humanitarian package and effort that was underway by the United States. Our mission from President Bush was strictly a humanitarian mission, no use of force was expected by our military. At first I was excited because this is how I feel that our military should be used instead of war. Then they started talking about how many displaced Georgians there war and they were making romance of it in only the way media can and I think that is when it hit me. "Why after only six days has this "atrocity" been so romanticized when the ATROCITIES in Sudan and Uganda and Burma and elsewhere have been happening for who knows how long and nothing by our government has been done about it, no romanticized coverage by the media and no since of grave importance?"

   This I find very inconsistent for top down. It makes me very grateful for the many organizations and individuals who care so deeply to bring light to these atrocities. I hope that we as a nation and as believers and as humanitarians don't get sucked in to the middle and forget about the margins.