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Peace and War
War, what’s it good for? Absolutely nothing. And yet, we like gearing up for war, even though the costs are great. I get that there is argument that not gearing for war leads to atrocities. I am open to the idea that we learn karate so we don’t have to fight. There is also a need to recognize a rational point of view that negotiating peace is necessary. It may be fine if two entities fight, but when pleasure is derived by encouraging a third party to engage in a war they can’t win- the pawns sacrificed are not our own. If there is no skin in the game, there is only maliciousness. If there are no rules upon which we can all agree on, we can not even push for reparations because all who engage in war will have violated an agreement at sometime in their existence. How do we get to peace?
I think about death and war likely more than I should. Then again, I am a product of the United States. I can’t just say an American. There are North Americans, Central Americans, and South Americans who are products of US citizens. ‘Give me liberty or give me death,’ is one the earliest war learned.
We don’t champion peace talks. We don’t champion negotiations. We don’t champion settlements. We accept nothing more than destroying opponents, as evidence by attempts at using language to illuminate points of articulation…
