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The country of my birth destroyed itself (with ample help from outside, but still) when I was 15. I& #39;ve been trying to warn the people of my adoptive country for years, so they can avoid the same fate, but it doesn& #39;t seem to be working. I wish I could do better.
You do NOT want Bosnia to happen here. But all I see, all day, every day, is people who have NO CLUE what an actual sectarian war is like trying to provoke one here. Who think there& #39;s a winner in such a war. Who think they will be that winner.
My people have a saying, "The well-fed don& #39;t believe the hungry." I didn& #39;t understand it for the longest time, but I think I do now. You just can& #39;t explain to someone who& #39;s never felt war in person how utterly awful it is. By the time they learn from experience, it& #39;s too late.
Even if I shared the personal, eyewitness stories of everyday horrors, you will not believe me. Because it& #39;s such a leap from life here, even the past two months of radical disruption, that you just can& #39;t. But I really need a way to reach you and make you UNDERSTAND.
Because you really, really, REALLY don& #39;t want this to happen here, to you. Even if you think you do. Trust me on this, if on nothing else ever.
Take a deep breath. Look around you. THINK about what& #39;s important to you and why.
Take a deep breath. Look around you. THINK about what& #39;s important to you and why.
