The Conversation of War and Rumors of War in a Technological Society of Extremes
November 30th 2009 12:25
For as long as man has enjoyed the advancement of living in “civilized” society there has always been war and rumors of war.
The fight for things as simple as food and shelter has advanced along side a world society filled with diversity across the globe.
Diversity in how we practice religion, live our day to day lives and how societies function from top to bottom.
It is these differences that have created the modern aspect of conflict between different cultures, religions and nation states.
Conflicts that sometimes come in the form of hand to hand combat, weaponary combat and others that are fought with invisible bullets that fly over brick walls that keep one side from seeing where the other is coming from.
As long as there is war there is will always be a story about why these things happen and a segment of society who seeks peace at all costs.
It is the idea of peace and the sense of loss that war brings that makes us lose sight of why these conflicts continue to happen in a modem age.
Conflicts that are products of the past and continue to remind us of everything we have to lose if we don’t look deeper into the mistakes of our elders.
Mistakes that fill headlines on newspaper sheets about a rush to war and consequences of what happens when peace is not given a chance are not given the same coverage as the historical lessons that come when a country comes to the rescue of an oppressed nation and doesn’t do what it takes to get that nation back on her feet again when the bullets stop flying.
Giving the irrational argument of taxing the American people to build resentment among the populous for a war that has no immediate end is not the answer to understanding why we’re still fighting these battles.
Battles that began when terror created from anger, resentment and ignorance came back to our doorstep on September 11, 2009.
Beyond the tough words of President George W. Bush of rooting out Osama Bin Laden from his hole is a lost message that comes with the price of a cold war.
A price that the world is paying for when impoverished nations are forgotten after the giant fell.
A giant that was bent on spreading radical social philosophy across the globe with a tyrannical fist and was ultimately outspent in the longest cold war the world has ever known.
A cold war focused on nation states taking the side of Democracy or Communism and Super Powers pointing Weapons of Mass Destruction at each other in a game of chicken that could have easily destroyed the planet.
When we look back at all the settled dust of the Cold War Era that is celebrated as a world victory for freedom, democracy and everything our country stands for we must also look at the places that were forgotten in the conversation.
Places that were allies in helping the United States achieve victory but were pushed to the backburner in terms of country rebuilding, ensuring the youth could get an education through the rebuilding of schools and training the newly armed rebels who took down the soviet tanks with American Weapons to couple their new found power with social responsibility.
These things did not happen after the final battle of the Cold War in Afghanistan and the result ended up being everything the United States Fights against across the globe.
Radical Fundamentalism in a totalitarian government who oppressed women and openly allowed the training and cultivation of the very same army’s who helped defeat the Soviets to now train for fundamental missions of “terror” across the globe.
It was these very same training camps where the plan for an eventual attack in the name of a higher power was staged to take place on American Soil.
If there’s anything to be afraid of in a world where no “super power” enemy exists, it would have to be in the things we still are not doing to protect ourselves by way of cleaning up our messes.
The war in Iraq has proven to be a clustered mess that was waged without foresight or vision but this should not be a reason for us to repeat the same mistakes of the past.
Mistakes that create bigger problems 10, 15, 20 or 100 years down the road…
For every war that happens on this Earth there are 20 more wars that will occur if the process of ending the conflict is not handled correctly…
These are the issues that we needed to discuss during Election “08” but the powers that be decided it was more important to talk about “associations”, Sarah Palin’s wardrobe price tag and the John McCain death watch.
The time has come for our leaders to make tough decisions concerning the future direction of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The way we handle these decisions will reflect on our society and the way the world views us as a nation.
It’s easy to cancel the need to continue a war based on the merit of its beginning but it’s a harder decision when faced with the endless amount of possibilities that can and will happen if we mess up the end game.
With these thoughts in mind, now is not the time for radical conversation about pulling out of a volatile region and leaving behind a mess that will come back to our doorstep years and or decades down the road.
It is also not the time to associate oil fields, oil company profits and political affiliations with the open and apparent dangers that exist with radical groups that are focused on destroying anything outside of their fundamental views.
A mess that will undoubtedly reshape the world again much like 9/11 which changed the way America and the world looks at War and Peace in a Technological Age.
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The fight for things as simple as food and shelter has advanced along side a world society filled with diversity across the globe.
Diversity in how we practice religion, live our day to day lives and how societies function from top to bottom.
It is these differences that have created the modern aspect of conflict between different cultures, religions and nation states.
Conflicts that sometimes come in the form of hand to hand combat, weaponary combat and others that are fought with invisible bullets that fly over brick walls that keep one side from seeing where the other is coming from.
As long as there is war there is will always be a story about why these things happen and a segment of society who seeks peace at all costs.
It is the idea of peace and the sense of loss that war brings that makes us lose sight of why these conflicts continue to happen in a modem age.
Conflicts that are products of the past and continue to remind us of everything we have to lose if we don’t look deeper into the mistakes of our elders.
Mistakes that fill headlines on newspaper sheets about a rush to war and consequences of what happens when peace is not given a chance are not given the same coverage as the historical lessons that come when a country comes to the rescue of an oppressed nation and doesn’t do what it takes to get that nation back on her feet again when the bullets stop flying.
Giving the irrational argument of taxing the American people to build resentment among the populous for a war that has no immediate end is not the answer to understanding why we’re still fighting these battles.
Battles that began when terror created from anger, resentment and ignorance came back to our doorstep on September 11, 2009.
Beyond the tough words of President George W. Bush of rooting out Osama Bin Laden from his hole is a lost message that comes with the price of a cold war.
A price that the world is paying for when impoverished nations are forgotten after the giant fell.
A giant that was bent on spreading radical social philosophy across the globe with a tyrannical fist and was ultimately outspent in the longest cold war the world has ever known.
A cold war focused on nation states taking the side of Democracy or Communism and Super Powers pointing Weapons of Mass Destruction at each other in a game of chicken that could have easily destroyed the planet.
When we look back at all the settled dust of the Cold War Era that is celebrated as a world victory for freedom, democracy and everything our country stands for we must also look at the places that were forgotten in the conversation.
Places that were allies in helping the United States achieve victory but were pushed to the backburner in terms of country rebuilding, ensuring the youth could get an education through the rebuilding of schools and training the newly armed rebels who took down the soviet tanks with American Weapons to couple their new found power with social responsibility.
These things did not happen after the final battle of the Cold War in Afghanistan and the result ended up being everything the United States Fights against across the globe.
Radical Fundamentalism in a totalitarian government who oppressed women and openly allowed the training and cultivation of the very same army’s who helped defeat the Soviets to now train for fundamental missions of “terror” across the globe.
It was these very same training camps where the plan for an eventual attack in the name of a higher power was staged to take place on American Soil.
If there’s anything to be afraid of in a world where no “super power” enemy exists, it would have to be in the things we still are not doing to protect ourselves by way of cleaning up our messes.
The war in Iraq has proven to be a clustered mess that was waged without foresight or vision but this should not be a reason for us to repeat the same mistakes of the past.
Mistakes that create bigger problems 10, 15, 20 or 100 years down the road…
For every war that happens on this Earth there are 20 more wars that will occur if the process of ending the conflict is not handled correctly…
These are the issues that we needed to discuss during Election “08” but the powers that be decided it was more important to talk about “associations”, Sarah Palin’s wardrobe price tag and the John McCain death watch.
The time has come for our leaders to make tough decisions concerning the future direction of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The way we handle these decisions will reflect on our society and the way the world views us as a nation.
It’s easy to cancel the need to continue a war based on the merit of its beginning but it’s a harder decision when faced with the endless amount of possibilities that can and will happen if we mess up the end game.
With these thoughts in mind, now is not the time for radical conversation about pulling out of a volatile region and leaving behind a mess that will come back to our doorstep years and or decades down the road.
It is also not the time to associate oil fields, oil company profits and political affiliations with the open and apparent dangers that exist with radical groups that are focused on destroying anything outside of their fundamental views.
A mess that will undoubtedly reshape the world again much like 9/11 which changed the way America and the world looks at War and Peace in a Technological Age.
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