What is happening to the world?

I was born in Ukraine and moved to the USA (Minnesota) at 4 years old. I have always spoken Russian at home with my family, and with other Russian friends. I, however, speak perfect English without any trace of an accent and consider myself to be an American.

Recently, feuds have sparked up between Ukraine and Russia due to the conflict of the Crimean Peninsula, and separatist groups have been boasting to each other on FaceBook about how they shot a transport plane down with a missle.

One mistake is all it takes to change everything. That one mistake happened, as a missile stuck a KLM flight going from Amsterdam to Malaysia. That missile was shot by a separatist group and accidentally hit a passenger plane, causing the plane to crash. All 295 people on board are confirmed dead.

Why? What was the point of this? What is happening to the world. Recently, with all the events that have been occurring, I have begun to start losing all faith in humanity. I now truly feel that the only place I am safe is inside my home or neighborhood.

This event strikes me deeply because my family and I make a trip to Ukraine at the beginning of Summer every year to visit our relatives. We take a flight from Minnesota to Amsterdam, then Amsterdam to Ukraine. Much like the plane that was shot down today.

All the school shootings, mall shootings, public genocides, and terrorism events are accumulating to a point where severe action must take place. Not "we need more money to fund this", or "we promise to help", or "this is a real tragedy and their lives will not be forgotten". Instead of regretting letting the incident happen because action wasn't taken due to the fact that it hasn't reached a "dangerous level" yet, we need to do something about it beforehand. Prevent these events from occurring in the first place, instead of trying to stop it when it's already happening.