Musings in Search of a Muse

Right. The only nation to have ever used a nuclear weapon (twice, no less) is once again warning another nation to not develop nuclear devices. If the effort and resources put into these warnings ... and the occassional war or two ... were put into shaping the world economy so that countries wouldn't need such weapons we'd all be much better. What a friggin' waste.

In related news ... why don't we finish what we started? We aren't done with Afganistan and Iraq is still simmering.

And I'm surprised that the countries who want the weapons don't ask the United States, France, Britain, Israel, and the other "elite" why the weapons are good for the goose but not the gander. When is the United States going to stop threatening and start letting the world make it's own decisions.

Israel/Palestine for example. Neither one really wants peace. Maybe because they are afraid of it. Maybe because if there is a peace the powers-that-be won't be the powers-that-be. Maybe someone is making a profit. Here's an idea:

Put up a wall, physical or otherwise, so that no one goes in and no one comes out. Put up a wall, physical or otherwise, so that no resources go in and no resources come out. No guns, no ammunition, no food, no medicine, no water. Only the fittest will survive, be it the strongest and baddest, or those that figure out that cooperation and friendship are the only paths to follow. If they want to fight, let them. Or, maybe, both sides will figure out that killing in God's name or killing because they think that God likes them better is simply wrong. God has chosen his favorites (it's in the Bible ... remember?) and hasn't directly intervened in about 2000 years. Sounds cruel? Well, is it any worse than living in fear that the person who just got on the bus is a living a bomb? Is it any worse than constantly watching the sky for helicopter-gunships? Is it any worse than forgetting God because of blinding rage, blinding grief, or blindling hate?

We were given directions on how to prosper: It's Love. It's love one another. It's Do unto others as you would have them do unto you not Do unto others then run. It's those pesky Ten Commandments that all three major monotheistic religions follow. Or say they follow.

Pray that more people remember this. Pray that they do it soon. Peace & Prayers.