War and Peace
This is the last blog posting of Andy who fought in Iraq. He died Jan 3rd 2008.
Firstly I wish peace towards his family. I wish peace towards everyone American and Iraqi touched brutally by this war.
Secondly, the one quote I would like to repost is this:
I think we've drawn that line too far in the direction of war rather than peace, but I'm a soldier and I know that sometimes you have to fight if you're to hold onto what you hold dear. But in making that decision, I believe we understate the costs of war; when we make the decision to fight, we make the decision to kill, and that means lives and families destroyed.War is part of humanity, to think it isn't is to ignore part of human nature. If we are to make a difference, it's by exactly what Andy says: we must declare and show the costs of these actions, as real.
In America so much truth and reality of the war is covered up, that it is possible for an average citizen to lead their life and not even be touched by this war. Taoism shows the Yin and Yang of this situation since, the more the press and the political leaders suppress the cost of this war, the more damage will pile up to be retroactively applied to the United States later.
Ignoring this war doesn't stop the cost.
Make a difference.
how?
I can only say its up to each person to be extraordinary rather than just embracing an average American lifestyle. Otherwise people like Andy and so many thousand more will just continue to pass away understated by the United States Government.
The statements I have just made are not political, I am just examining the facts of the situation as Andy points out in his post. To respect Andy's wish this post isn't political either. I will point out that his death might be considered as political since he died as part of a very political war, however, his death is actually economical in nature. This war is about economics and oil.
So to make a difference:
Consider how your life is based on current economics and oil to then change life accordingly.
Peace
2 comments:
I wish I could say something to you. I wish I could tell it was all just a bad joke. I wish for so many things, but now, the truth doesn't have anything left inside herself. She's been burried the moment America invaded Iraq, the moment your president decided to finish daddy's work. The moment he decided who should fall and who should stand.
I'm not here to tell you how it went or goes, you read the stories. I'm here to tell you I'm afraid of your government. I like my tree, my house, my garden. I like spending time with my girlfriend outside. Be able to breath the last bits of fresh air.
I like for your country not to interphere with me or how I live my life. I'm old enough to decide that for myself.
Living on the other side of the world, I'm not so sure of many things anymore ...
Not being sure is a good thing. It means you are letting go of expectations...
Once you do that, it then becomes possible to change the world, since you no longer are trying to fit the world into an impossible state of being.
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