Misadventure Moving Us Away from Peace

Death and more death seems the paramount formula for a nebulous success in Iraq. People leading our country are increasingly shown to lack the fundamental knowledge of the histories and cultures of the the middle east where their adventurism has taken its toll on not only American service men's lives but on the lives of others. Worse there is a real danger that war profiteering goes on unchecked. Additionally, the matter of torture and death of Iraqui and other nationals raises questions of whether or not members of the current administration should be taken to world court to answer serious questions of abuse of power, genocide, and war crimes.

When we went into the invasion of Iraq without cooperation from our allies, and wit little proofs we created a terrible environment which does not allow for peace or real democratic development. It is no wonder that the Egyptians, Jordanians, Syrians, and Iranians to name just a few whose countries' stabilities are at stake, worry and reject USAmerican intrusion into the area. Later in the week I hope to connect the articles that led to my summary here in this post. However, Alternet, The Nation, The Huffington Post, and other articles provide the foundations for my conclusions.

Peace requires lack of violence in order that it thrive. Peace requires positive engagement wih people with whom we may disagree. Peace does not require saber rattling and not so veiled threats.

In a way the call for God's support in this Bushian misadventure is the last thing we need. I pray that God protect the soldiers, marines, air force, navy, and special troops that with God's grace they return as whole and as healthy as possible. I can't imagine the trauma these people endure and can only applaud their loyalty to a misbegotten war plan for they do what so many others have done before--they believe in their leaders and hence are willing to follow these leaders' hair brained plans.