Nature vs. War

Two items dominating the news lately:
Cyclone Nargis, and the fighting in Iraq.

The Iraq conflict has claimed over 95,000 lives (by some counts) since the fighting began in March 2003.

Not to be outdone, Mother Nature slammed Myanmar (Burma) last Friday, and the body count there is already estimated at 100,000, with tens of thousands more missing, and tens of thousands more expected to die from exposure, malnutrition, dehydration, and cholera.

Everyone talks about the weather, but who's doing anything about it?

Obviously, the weather is a greater danger to human life than humans are. Something should be done. A law passed, a sanction levied, something. As thoughtless and cruel as humans can be, we are simply no match for the devastating power of the planet we call home.