9/11 11years after and where is peace?
For Immediate Release:
Editorial
Peacemakers News agency
Sept. 11, 2012
by Paul-Felix Montez
It has been 11 years since 9/11, memorials have been built, thousands of first responders are chronically ill, thousands of U.S. and coalition forces have died, thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis', and Taliban, yet is peace in sight?
Is the truth of the Iraqi war to be truly told so that the powers that wage war will have to face the very transparency, they now "sell" as a new social direction for their own countries? Or have we all become so mind numbingly turned off, to events, to resolution, even facing failure, as to admit that peace is a necessity?
The tragedy of 9/11 and the months afterward definitely are undeniable in their horror and impact, yet all else starting with the declaration of war by George Bush, becomes a mind numbing blur of events, frightening, unclear what side any of it must rest on, and the responsibility for peace? It seems as if peace is a convenience, a way out a relief valve in these endless circumstances of 10 years of war. Why a convenience? Simple, the very forces which created the need for revenge, the mad dash and drive to war, and then maintaining a war for longer that all of World War two, have not been examined. Instead even waging massive multiple wars, are a necessary convenience in their own right . For what else is the world's most expensive and powerful military for? To show its might, to justify “the best way to have peace is to prepare for war”? Is that what really shaped these events, and of course “oil resources”?
9/11 has demanded a lot from all of us across the world, yet we have in many ways not risen to the challenge it has truly presented, that in the face of such devastating tragedy, we must find the wisdom, not to wage war, but balance the hard soul searching need for truth with the most difficult restraint in order to make peace. It is after all peace that demands of all of us, truth, reflection, clarity, direction of purpose and strong reasoning wisdom in order to be long lasting. After all of this, are we left or even near a "lasting peace"?
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For Immediate Release:
Editorial
Peacemakers News agency
Sept. 11, 2012
by Paul-Felix Montez
It has been 11 years since 9/11, memorials have been built, thousands of first responders are chronically ill, thousands of U.S. and coalition forces have died, thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis', and Taliban, yet is peace in sight?
Is the truth of the Iraqi war to be truly told so that the powers that wage war will have to face the very transparency, they now "sell" as a new social direction for their own countries? Or have we all become so mind numbingly turned off, to events, to resolution, even facing failure, as to admit that peace is a necessity?
The tragedy of 9/11 and the months afterward definitely are undeniable in their horror and impact, yet all else starting with the declaration of war by George Bush, becomes a mind numbing blur of events, frightening, unclear what side any of it must rest on, and the responsibility for peace? It seems as if peace is a convenience, a way out a relief valve in these endless circumstances of 10 years of war. Why a convenience? Simple, the very forces which created the need for revenge, the mad dash and drive to war, and then maintaining a war for longer that all of World War two, have not been examined. Instead even waging massive multiple wars, are a necessary convenience in their own right . For what else is the world's most expensive and powerful military for? To show its might, to justify “the best way to have peace is to prepare for war”? Is that what really shaped these events, and of course “oil resources”?
9/11 has demanded a lot from all of us across the world, yet we have in many ways not risen to the challenge it has truly presented, that in the face of such devastating tragedy, we must find the wisdom, not to wage war, but balance the hard soul searching need for truth with the most difficult restraint in order to make peace. It is after all peace that demands of all of us, truth, reflection, clarity, direction of purpose and strong reasoning wisdom in order to be long lasting. After all of this, are we left or even near a "lasting peace"?
Tagged: peace, peacemaker, world peace, world unity, peace monuments, green, green living, peace sign, peace symbol, art, sculpture, contemporary art, news, world news, peacemaking, free peacemaker web tools, free peacemaker web app
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