How can you cry for others’ struggles when you are facilitating mayhem in your own land?

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"How can you cry for others’ struggles when you are facilitating mayhem in your own land?" is a question that was asked by one of the leaders of South Africa to the President of the United States. He pointed out that crying about what other people were doing was not enough. If he did not stop all the crimes in his country, then who would cry about it?

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