Time To Raise Our Voices Against War

It seems these days that anyone protesting against the war in Ukraine or Gaza is challenged with push back from governments, various security forces and those in power that for some insane reason feel that conflicts that are killing many thousands of people are something we should all accept. Politicians, academics and media people are discouraged from questioning these wars and when they do the result can be sad as they are discredited, branded as unpatriotic in some way and in some cases actually fired from their jobs.

It is hard to believe that we are living in 2024 at this time in history and somehow our governments are supporting and participating in war. People, children, women, the elderly and general population are being killed. Cities are being destroyed along with infrastructure that will take many years to rebuild.

The Middle East seems to be our western governments favourite hunting grounds as the mostly Islamic cultures from this area have been demonized and considered less than human and more or less barbaric. This also happened during the Vietnam war. This kind of propaganda seems to make it more easy to promote, finance and develop ongoing wars in that region. Why do we put up with that?

Right now the bigger problem is at the moment the Israeli Zionist war in Gaza and Lebanon is out of control. Recently people in Lebanon have had to deal with a first in terrorism war measures with mini bombs being activated in pagers, cell phones and walkie talkies as well as other electronic devices. Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director and United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has publically stated this kind of action is a form of terrorism. His remark makes one think about the safety of any device in the public when he added that “This has gone right into the supply chain. And when you have terror going into the supply chain, it makes people ask the question: What the hell is next?” Imagine your cell phone turning into a mini bomb and going off in your hands or pocket. That is terrifying.

The war in Ukraine is also out of control and really the evidence points to the fact that the Russians, although guilty of invading the country, are being fought in a proxy war by the United States and even peaceful Canada. War does not need to happen ever but there are war mongers and perhaps there always will be those that want to simply get rid of other cultures and competition. There is a lot of money made on war and there are plenty of private companies who are profiting off of both the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Why are we not standing up to this?

There is also the fear that either one of these wars could escalate into a nuclear exchange and that would threaten the entire world. We would no longer be watching children, women and general populations die on the television or social media devices from the safety of our living rooms all nice and cozy. A nuclear war would come right to our doorsteps and threaten our entire way of life and our families. The best academic minds and many security and military people are warning us about just how serious this situation is and reminding us that there will be no winner in a nuclear war.

I am no expert on war but I have been researching the First and Second World Wars due to the fact that my family and my partner’s family have been severely affected over generations in losing relatives in both conflicts. The facts that we have unearthed on the rational for these wars has terrorized us.

One criticism against war that has always made sense to me is where and why we choose to spend money on war. Most leaders would rather spend billions and trillions on dealing with global problems with a military solution. What would happen if we instead choose to spend millions or even billions on peaceful solutions? If we pay for war, we will get war but so far no one seems to want to spend much money on peace. However we choose to spend our money, we will get what we pay for.

All of us should at least be aware that these wars have to come to an end and these conflicts need to be negotiated so that we can choose different paths. We need to make our voices heard and cut through the propaganda that is trying to convince people that war makes any sense at all. If we don’t do this we will pay with our own pain and suffering as these wars could end up tearing apart our society and lives of everyone we know. We won’t be sitting back watching the horrors of war on the television or a device we will be dealing with it right in our own backyards. It is time to raise our voices against war.

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