davelj, prima facie evidence that ‘..the millions living (and dying) under the Mugabe regime…’ find meaning in their life: the choose to live, instead of killing themselves.

We’re all familiar with ‘The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.’ There’s a converse: I enjoy my life, and hope and will work for better.

I would not be so quick to say that life is so horrible for those outside the U.S. By their actions — living, raising families — they say otherwise.

I would not want to live in Israel; I don’t need the excitement. Yet several million people prefer it to the U.S. and elsewhere. Same with Iraq.

Keep up your good charity work, davelj. Me, I prefer that my dollars — to Father Joe and The Salvation Army — carry a self-help/self-reform message.

And, my good Pope, on Memorial Day Weekend, passed to us Catholics the message that those who serve honorably in the armed forces of the free world are indeed servants of world peace.