I don't usually post links to articles in which I am not vitally interested. Usually I link to articles which I agree with and want to use in order to support the positions I have taken. Sometimes I link to articles which mock the positions taken by those with whom I disagree.
However, this article deals with a topic which I am neither expert in or passionate about. In it the author argues for the continued reliance on the backbone of our defenses, the infantry, as opposed to depending entirely on new technology such as ever larger bombs. I don't think we should be spending so much time, money, lives, and other resources on making war in the first place.
However, there is one paragraph that stood out when I read it as demonstrating the almost impossible (for me) to understand mindset of some of the pro-war folk. In arguring in support of the infantry in the face of the Washington lobbyists and chickenhawks who want more shiny new toys, Ralph Peters writes:
Before the clarity of this war is distorted by the fog of peace, we need to take stock of what actually happened.
"The fog of peace." This man is worried that we will become so befuddled by peace in our lives that we won't be able to think clearly.
Personally I don't believe he has anything to worry about. The chances of peace breaking out all over while the Bush administration is continuing it's push for war (is the next target officially Syria, yet?) are slim and none. Even if we can depose Bush eventually, this world is so violent that there is little likelyhood of even a single day going by without there being some wartime activity somewhere on our ever-shrinking globe.
"The fog of peace." Sheesh. How can anyone even talk to people like that?
Posted by JoKeR at April 21, 2003 12:27 AM | TrackBack