The US has been in a constant state of conflict since WWII, beginning with Korea, slithering its way through lies to justify wars in Kosovo (where the US funded Al Qaeda) all the way through to today, where the concept of peace is one that has been blown to smithereens on every continent. Nicaragua, Somalia…
The US has been in a constant state of conflict since WWII, beginning with Korea, slithering its way through lies to justify wars in Kosovo (where the US funded Al Qaeda) all the way through to today, where the concept of peace is one that has been blown to smithereens on every continent. Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine with Iran making the list of best hits.
Shame on Hamas for the attacks, but more the shame a supposedly civilised "better" country retaliating with brute force, exploiting an already untenable situation with more death, more destruction and more catastrophe.
Meanwhile, we tell our children to use their words, not their fists, to resolve conflict, to "talk it out." or we remind the older, stronger of the two that the younger will one day be his size and he'll remember the punches, the kicks and the slurs and will crush with the final word in a rivalry that generally ends in respect, love and forgiveness.
Where is the humanity in a conflict where neither side will back down? "Мудрість пропускає" (excuse my poor grammar) or "the smarter one let's go" as my Ukrainian mother used to teach my siblings and me as we fought our stupid, pointless battles, for all war is pointless, there is no such thing as a just war, as a noble war. That's just lazy propaganda we're taught to justify spending billions on wars that obfuscate from real problems of poverty, opportunity, health and the pursuit of happiness.
The war machine reminds me of the street vendor selling Israeli and Palestinian flags; who cares who's buying them so long as they're buying?
"Pre-war era" is a joke, right?
The US has been in a constant state of conflict since WWII, beginning with Korea, slithering its way through lies to justify wars in Kosovo (where the US funded Al Qaeda) all the way through to today, where the concept of peace is one that has been blown to smithereens on every continent. Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine with Iran making the list of best hits.
Shame on Hamas for the attacks, but more the shame a supposedly civilised "better" country retaliating with brute force, exploiting an already untenable situation with more death, more destruction and more catastrophe.
Meanwhile, we tell our children to use their words, not their fists, to resolve conflict, to "talk it out." or we remind the older, stronger of the two that the younger will one day be his size and he'll remember the punches, the kicks and the slurs and will crush with the final word in a rivalry that generally ends in respect, love and forgiveness.
Where is the humanity in a conflict where neither side will back down? "Мудрість пропускає" (excuse my poor grammar) or "the smarter one let's go" as my Ukrainian mother used to teach my siblings and me as we fought our stupid, pointless battles, for all war is pointless, there is no such thing as a just war, as a noble war. That's just lazy propaganda we're taught to justify spending billions on wars that obfuscate from real problems of poverty, opportunity, health and the pursuit of happiness.
The war machine reminds me of the street vendor selling Israeli and Palestinian flags; who cares who's buying them so long as they're buying?