Now I am guessing most people would say this is a very stupid title for a blog post. That being said what good ever comes out of war? Loss of life? A lost civilization? A lost culture? Definition from Webster’s, war: to be in conflict, to engage in warfare. Someone wins and someone loses.
Some quick research and you will find that “Standing” far outweighs even any religious war in the history of wars. Standing you ask, let’s ask the dictionary again . Standing: remaining at the same level or amount for an indefinite period, permanent. This makes me think of the Roman empire, overextended from Great Britain to Turkey, countless attacks from the Germanic tribes on the fringe of their territory. What did the Romans do? Welcome the so called savages into the fold, complete with what we would now call welfare. What happened to Rome, sacked and burned!
I read another article from a psychology professor that said humans lean to violence and war. The only thing that saves humanity from completely dismantling itself is that the western world is able to give it’s citizens/ humans an outlet of doing what they want to keep those pesky war instinct genes at bay. If you live in the third world this guy gives you no chance of not being in a war that would take your life.
Here is my take. War sucks! As I daily inch my way to death I appreciate every bit of life around me more and more. Human, plant and animal, senseless death always gives me pause. You want to know the kicker, I hunt. God gave me /us the ability to sustain our lives within our environment. In our so called enlightenment in the 21st century our leaders are more concerned with standing and prestige rather than us plebs. Here we are, Russia, Ukraine 2022, the media calls it war, yet you have a reporter in full military gear and the camera man in shorts and t-shirt Hmmmm! Pictures reported of the Russian military blowing up whatever building and the picture or video is from a 2015 warehouse explosion. You see a video of Russian warplanes flying overhead in Ukraine, yet the actual video is from an actual sort of July 4th Russian celebration. We have a local airport in my area, every 4th of July there are WWII era planes that fly very low over the house. So please tell me what is exactly happening? How could I come across the same “fake” video from 3 or 4 sources. The fake media seems full bent on reporting Ukraine when two weeks ago Sars Covid 2 started to bite the dust. Something smells funny, I just don’t know what it is.