When I read in today's NYTimes what people have suffered in the current health care environment, I know how very fortunate I have been. How does a person develop empathy for people we don't know and whose depth of pain we cannot adequately imagine? How do we feel empathy for the Syrian refugees if we have never been refugees, or are we only capable of sympathy? I am not even sure what to do about Syria. Does one help an enemy who has fallen on hard times? Israel is quietly providing medical care for some injured. It's a very complex moral and emotional question. Where are you on the Syrian question?