But it's equally hazardous to ignore the astonishing and perilous acts of human courage that negate, undo, reverse the violence and uphold our rights and dignity as humans.
Meanwhile, women's rights are going into reverse, and violence against women is escalating under Nato occupation: 4,000 assaults were documented by Afghan human rights monitors in the first six months of this year, from rape and acid attacks to beatings and mutilation.
"It's time to reverse the cycles of violence that occur wherever 'drug wars' are undertaken, and to abandon policies that exacerbate suffering".
But it is similarly wrongheaded to seek to reverse the coup through violence, as Mr Zelaya, egged on by Mr Chávez, seems to wish.
Iraq could be just as tricky, confronting Mr. Obama, should trends toward less violence there reverse, with a challenge to his campaign commitment to a 16-month troop withdrawal timetable.
When the administration decided in January to send more troops to Baghdad to try to reverse the spiraling sectarian violence in Iraq, it sought to ease the strain on the armed forces by announcing its intention to expand the active duty Army and Marine forces by 92,000 troops.
Perhaps it is precisely this type of content that will help to reverse the trends towards violence and alienation that have been steadily growing over the past several decades.
Yet, if we are to reverse the trend of violence and environmental destruction on our planet, we need many, many more such people.
Labelling the recent violence "reversed ethnic cleansing" obscures all the above issues and more.
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