Brothers In Arms In Endless Wars With No Theorem
Below is a video of the famous song by Dire Straits called ‘Brothers in Arms’ and reflecting on the suffering and heroism of soldiers. For me I see brothers in arms where I am holding them with love and compassion to heal their wounds.
The Dire Straits film clip reminds me of the… Continue reading
Why Not Divert the Military from Energy to Human Food Security?
It was interesting I have posted a few articles about fiscal issues and defence spending. Then suddenly I thought about the starving in Africa, I just felt the gap in the news, you don’t hear anything about them. So I did a google search and to my amazement the problem is unabated. … Continue reading
The Seville Statement: Violence is Learned Peace is Learned – Choose?
http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/texts/doc_seville.html
We can end war, hunger, exploitation today when we choose it. We can teach peace and we can model love but it requires a good hard look at the world we all have created. Violence is learned and equally peace is learned. I do see it as a clear choice regarding… Continue reading
Robert McNamara: The Fog of Beliefs Lead to War
I watched this documentary last night and it is recommended viewing. It was very interesting learning the lessons of conflict and war from Robert McNamara, the former US Defence Secretary well known for his role directing the Vietnam war. A detailed Wikipedia overview is provided below the video.
First I will provide my own observations.… Continue reading
Sovereignty (non interference) or Proxy Wars (interference)?
I was listening to the al Jazeera news tonight discussing the Syrian situation. The newscast raised the Russian alliance with Syria and its call for sovereignty and its support of the Syrian regime. This lead me to look at proxy wars and the complicated international relations situation across the world where conflicts can… Continue reading