I don't really take the sabre rattling very serious. It's like rotating countries and it's North Korea turn again. They have not been the great evil since 2012 but this time does feel different. I know they need a major war to solve the problems the whole world is dealing with. #1 the economic collapse. Time will tell and I don't think we will have to wait to long for the answer.
It does feel like the pot is being brought to a boil; but I just can not think of any ethical or moral reason to condone warfare, besides maybe having invaders at your doorstep trying to do damage.
Think of how many people, the "Victorious" soldiers, after winning a war, come home only to fight a war with themselves on the inside. Is that right to do to them? Is it right to do that to the civilians who suffer the traumas? What about surviving combatants from the losing side? Do they deserve a lifetime of nightmares and trauma?
One of my friends is a veteran from most recent Iraq. He's an older Navajo man, and started drinking heavily in last couple of years. My wife and I were visiting him last year when he was having a really rough period and he started having a few shots. After about the 3rd one, my 4 year old boy asked him, "Why do you drink that?" and his response was painful. He said "I hurt people, and now it hurts me." He didn't go into detail, but that night he told me about some of his recurring nightmares and his daily battle with PTSD. The worst part is, he's not the only person I know afflicted by war. I know many wounded veterans, some physically destroyed. Others emotionally.
I can't believe anyone can look these men and women in the eye and say, "What happened to you, and what continues to happen, is worth the cost."
Especially John McCain. When I see him getting dreamy eyed at prospect of more war, I ask myself: "Did he really experience what he claims to have experienced? Why does he so eagerly desire to expose the youth of the nation he serves to risk of the same treatment he experienced?"
That's the impression I'm starting to get but perhaps I'm seeing the threat as greater than it is. It is hard to be sure.
I don't really take the sabre rattling very serious. It's like rotating countries and it's North Korea turn again. They have not been the great evil since 2012 but this time does feel different. I know they need a major war to solve the problems the whole world is dealing with. #1 the economic collapse. Time will tell and I don't think we will have to wait to long for the answer.
I hope you are right. I just get the feel that this is building up to some kind of war and hence the central point.
It does feel like the pot is being brought to a boil; but I just can not think of any ethical or moral reason to condone warfare, besides maybe having invaders at your doorstep trying to do damage.
Think of how many people, the "Victorious" soldiers, after winning a war, come home only to fight a war with themselves on the inside. Is that right to do to them? Is it right to do that to the civilians who suffer the traumas? What about surviving combatants from the losing side? Do they deserve a lifetime of nightmares and trauma?
One of my friends is a veteran from most recent Iraq. He's an older Navajo man, and started drinking heavily in last couple of years. My wife and I were visiting him last year when he was having a really rough period and he started having a few shots. After about the 3rd one, my 4 year old boy asked him, "Why do you drink that?" and his response was painful. He said "I hurt people, and now it hurts me." He didn't go into detail, but that night he told me about some of his recurring nightmares and his daily battle with PTSD. The worst part is, he's not the only person I know afflicted by war. I know many wounded veterans, some physically destroyed. Others emotionally.
I can't believe anyone can look these men and women in the eye and say, "What happened to you, and what continues to happen, is worth the cost."
Especially John McCain. When I see him getting dreamy eyed at prospect of more war, I ask myself: "Did he really experience what he claims to have experienced? Why does he so eagerly desire to expose the youth of the nation he serves to risk of the same treatment he experienced?"
Very good points. I don't think anyone is left untouched by war, whatever side you are on.