Ethno-sectarian violence is a particular concern in Iraq, as it is a cancer that continues to spread if left unchecked.
One of the great things about children is that they have no other concern than to be simply interested in things. It is considered by some the height of mindfulness to approach the world afresh like a child.
I do have a lot of care, concern, and compassion for disadvantaged people.
The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality – which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home – just never gets serious concern from both sides.