Don’t wait for Mozambique to become unsolvable

We may not notice but, in our own perspective, the entire World’s population (with only one single exception) is constituted by “The Others“.

We hardly see yourself in the other guy’s shoes; hence it is easy to criticize and point out negative aspects, without having to present alternative solutions.

The problem is that it normally costs two or three times as much to correct a faulty situation, as it would have cost to prevent it. And if that faulty situation involves an armed conflict, the corrective budget goes ballistic. Furthermore, the longer it takes to solve the issue, the more difficult it will be to serenade the grievances between the parties in conflict, the grim numbers of victims will escalate and, of course, the International Community’s costs in blood and treasure will also express an exponentiation.

Therefore, let me appeal to the western citizen selfishness and remind that it is easier, cheaper and faster to help all those populations struggling to survive, than to wait for their situation to escalate from unbearable to quarrelsome, to conflict.

That is what is happening in Mozambique at this stage. Do not wait … or we will have a very nasty situation to solve latter on.

Publicado por Paulo Gonçalves

Retired Colonel from the Portuguese Air Force

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