Good and evil exist and are on display every single day. Frequently they are violently juxtaposed. So it was in Turkey. Yesterday thousands gathered in Ankara for a pro-Kurdish peace rally. Judging by the event pictures those present were mostly idealistic young people, likely students interested in bettering their world.

The handful of those who know of Turkey and its capital (all my readers, undoubtedly) also know of the plight of the Kurds. War and oppression have followed this people for ages throughout the region. They have suffered particular aggression in Iraq – both from Saddam Hussein and in the wake of the disastrous U.S. imperial adventures in the Middle East.

Good people joined together in Ankara to support Kurdish peace. Those pictures showed faces both happy and loving. Then, evil inserted itself. Two bomb blasts rocked the event, killing more than ninety and wounding hundreds.

Moment of terror. Google.

The terrorism was likely the work of the Islamic State or some other group of demented satanists. Given the pitiful state of geo-political affairs anything is possible. The scale of the operation points to professional backing, state or otherwise.

The story I linked to features a video which captured the moment the first bomb went off. It shows the look of happiness on those young faces turn to horror.

Speaking of state sponsored terrorism and horror, the Empire is being characteristically tight-lipped about the hospital bombing in Afghanistan.

Last week the U.S. government changed its story no less than four times. No coherent explanation (or apology) came forth.

The U.S. military, whose own account of what took place changed in the initial days after the attack, has said that the hospital was “mistakenly struck” in an attempt to support Afghan security forces. But the military has declined to provide full details of the incident while its investigators examine what occurred in the worst example of errant U.S. air power in recent years.

Don’t expect a truthful account of what happened – ever. The U.S. explains nothing. The truth make come out one day but it will come from outside sources. And, it will come long after the zombified masses have moved on.

The bad news is this wickedness will continue until the end. The very good news is that good will continue to resist evil and, in the end, will prevail.