Camouflage is an important word and practice in the military.
Camouflage is also an important word and practice in politics.
To begin to understand War you must first begin to understand
who or what is ruling the world, who or what is in control.
The world is ruled and controlled by the faceless and unaccountable
Executives who sit on the boards of world corporations.
The Leaders who sit in these boardrooms have no concern for people,
they have no concern for justice, they have no concern for peace,
they have no concern for democracy and no concern for the environment.
What concerns them is the control of the world's resources
for the purpose of establishing and maintaining their power and wealth.
If killing people and destroying their property is peace then they bring peace
If imposing upon a people a puppet Dictator is democracy then they bring democracy.
When soldiers are in the theatre of conflict
it is no longer about why they are there. It is about their Regiment, their friends,
it is about watching each others back, about killing or being killed.
It is about surviving and coming home to their families.
When the bodies start to come home it becomes disrespectful to ask why.
Now it becomes about service and duty and honour.
People appear on the news saying - "That's what they wanted"
And families who do not say the right things don't get to appear on the news.
The reason for this is that the corporations also control the media.
Politicians are the mediators between the boardrooms and the public.
When they retire from politics they graduate to the boardrooms.
If any Leader in the Christian church in Scotland
would like to explain to me how our Wars of the past few years
is bringing freedom, peace and democracy to the Nations of conflict
then I would be willing to listen.
I didn't think they'd make them like you anymore. You sound like my
ReplyDeleteex-colleagues and me a long time ago. I'm afraid I've mellowed. Life has a habit of toning the fiercest radicals down.
Even my job in International Trade Unionism no longer exists. Are there still miners in Scotland?
An astute and startling analysis, Jimmy. Thanks for making us think. Now as for action......
ReplyDeleteThank you both for the comments.
ReplyDeleteI would advocate pelting them with marshmallows.
(You could also eat a few which would be good)
Hi Jimmy, thank you for stopping by..that picture you saw is here in my town Cambria, California a rural coastal town..its alot like parts of England here.I like your words...and agree wholeheartedly about war..there is no cause they are fighting for...its just surviving and coming home..
ReplyDeleteThank you Marlene,
ReplyDeleteMy family come from the west coast of Scotland
so I do like a scenic coastline.
There is so much to be thankful for to appreciate and to enjoy - a sprinkling of peace would help.