WAR AND PEACE
Being a loyal American, I believe it is important for our democracy to have important issues receive a balanced consideration. The U.S. media thrives on war photos and coverage. It is presented as though there is no alternative to the "necessary" war we may be currently waging. There is rarely a peace alternative offered. Any hint of a peace alternative is greeted by cries of "traitor" by lots of non-combatants. Picture, if you will, Rush Limbaugh marching, rifle over his shoulder, in an army uniform. Please note in the quotes below those especially of U.S. Army generals.
"War, like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few ... The cost of operations is always transferred to the peoople who do not profit." -General Smedley Butler [Medal of Honor, TWICE!]
"I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it." -President/General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword." -President/General Ulysses S. Grant
"Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it." -Anne O'Hare McCormick
"War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace." -Thomas Mann
"Instead of the government taking over industry when the war broke out, industry took over the government." -Claire Gillis
"Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it." -Eric Nicol
"In the future no one wins a war. It is true, there are degrees of loss, but no one wins." -Brook Chisholm
"They told me it would disrupt my life less if I got killed sooner." -Joseph Heller
"If we justify war it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed." -Ruth Benedict
"WAR HATH NO FURY LIKE A NON-COMBATANT." -C.E. Montague
