About the War word

On the war word: So what? Who cares if we say the word war? Does it really matter? What should matter is whether we are placing so much of our emphasis on the military might of the United States that all else, education of our youth, our future infrastructure, our economic welfare, is perpetually tied to the military industrial complex. How does that happen? Our enemies have kicked sand in our faces and  then ran. But they could be David to our Goliath if we continue to allow the enemy to define us as they have for the past fifty years.

If we limit our military actions, if we insist that the Arab states begin to police and govern their own regions, then perhaps we will change the dynamics of the situation. If we reframe the question, instead, and ask, “Why are you bent on destroying the lives of innocent Muslims as well as Christians?’, Why do you continue to operate as dishonorable and ignoble thugs instead of honorable men and warriors?, Why do you dishonor the Islamic religion with your twisted hatred and extremist views?, Why do you murder innocent people?... we may begin to change the paradigm.  

 We will not “win” a war against guerilla warriors. We may overcome barbarism, but the stakes are high and the end game is a long one. For the question of, “Does Might make right?”, one should read ‘The Once and Future King”. Might doesn’t prevail in the end, but in the interim, it can cause a heck of a lot of damage.