Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin

wars in Iraq Afghanistan: The early 21st-century wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have spawned their own beast: Islamic State, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone But it is the poem first line that focuses my attention, for if the centre is to hold, the beast must be kept at bay. Within a few years, the first incarnation of the prescient rough beast came to power as Adolf Hitler, to be followed by Josef Stalin, then by the purveyors of hatred in Rwanda and Bosnia, whose racist bile culminated in genocide. In well-functioning, ethnically diverse societies, this centre contains a tacit agreement to tolerate otherness. But the saving centre of multicultural societies is a fragile place, and perennially vulnerable to opportunistic leaders who know that dividing a population on ethnic grounds is a fast route to power. We who live in immigrant-based cultures depend upon this for our well-being. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.