Educating Myself about War
- by Hénock Gugsa -
Recently, someone on Facebook suggested that I educate myself on the military and the good that it does.
No, thanks, I think I'll pass on that.
I already know that the main purpose and function of the military is for engagement in wars. They may call it "peace keeping", "defense", and getting rid of "threats". But it all boils down to ===> W A R !!
Well, war is a product of hate ... and there is hate on all sides. The question here, however, is how you conduct war ... the degree of detachment or cold-bloodedness is what is worrisome. On one side, you have snipers, drones, and maybe carpet-bombing. On the other, you have RPG's, IEDs, and self-exploding humans. And in peace-time, there is all that "unexploded ordinance" (bombs, mines) left behind to do more damage!
War is all ugliness, and how you measure war "heroism" is an even more dubious exercise. But that is another discussion for another day.
How much more do I need to know or to educate myself about war? Not much ... just that it is fabricated and especially cancerous when you conduct it thousands of miles away from your shores and in a foreign land that was not your equal and did not threaten you at all.
So again, no thanks, I don't need to educate myself ... I know enough about war!
