image from Antiwarcom on Twitter*
see also another instance of the tweeted article, archived*
“The myth of the good war” from Robert Koehler #opinion https://t.co/yW4iHiA3YQ
— Tribune Content Agency (@TribuneAgency) January 6, 2022
from the archived article, Poisoning Ourselves with War:
My point here is that war is a collective enterprise. Multiply this incident by the size of the US military budget – virtually half the country’s discretionary spending, around a trillion dollars annually, all told. And the money is always there, ready and waiting for the security state to consume. The unending lie is that it keeps us safe. Imagine, once again, "women and children staggering out of the partly collapsed building, some missing limbs, some dragging the dead," and savor the safety you now have.*
"When we wage war, we dehumanize — then kill — a specific segment of humanity. In the process, we “fray” our own humanity . . . we become less human ourselves, and thus more in sync with the evil we claim to be obliterating" https://t.co/pBVgobtA7c
— Olaf Foss (@OlafFoss) January 6, 2022
We have two choices: to strive for power with one another or power over one another.“Peace journalism is when editors and reporters make choices — about what to report, and how to report it — that create opportunities for society at large to consider and to value nonviolent responses to conflict.”
—Robert Koehler*
—Jake Lynch*
2022-01-07T15:33−08* / January 7, 2022
*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archive of miscellany or notrehta posts
*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archive of miscellany or notrehta posts