Every day, each of us has countless opportunities to make the right decisions. Keeping this in mind, i am continually amazed with the sheer volume of poor decisions made by countless people, daily.
More on this later.
This is one of those days. You know, "one of those days." For me, one of those days is simply about being conflicted. Is it cereal or peanut butter? Toast or a bagel? Carry out or eat in? Shower or bath? You get the point. But this day brought an emotional conflict that reached a level beyond what I usually hit. This was a philosophical and emotional conflict.
President Obama stood up to receive his Nobel Peace Prize. All politics aside, I am thrilled that an American President again has been awarded this prize. That's four, I believe. The conflict is with what he said.
I am paraphrasing when I tell you that he said that war was a necessary part of the human condition and that America is a beacon for good and the fighter for the oppressed and the security for those who don't have security. Hell, America probably finds lost kittens, too. Great. This is all true. I don't want to talk about the issues of war being a business model or about the Military Industrial Complex as designated by President Eisenhower or even the 1.2 trillion dollars the Pentagon has lost (actually misplaced...seriously) over the last few years. Those topics will be discussed at a later day and over many cocktails.
My issue is this; They say we are human so we fight. We engage in wars because it is part of being alive. For greed. Fear. Ambition. Destiny. You name it. I am sure we are all evil war mongering people.
And, as long as we continue to think that way, it will never change.
I guess I just want everybody, just for a minute, to think that is isn't okay to be a war mongering people. Just for a second. If we could do that, maybe there would be peace. The President is right. But it doesn't have to be that way. Like I said...conflicted.
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