Cross posted at Peace is Active
I heard a few generals on CSPAN saying the War in Iraq will be won through a political strategy and not through a military strategy. I hope Senator McCain is listening when the generals tell him that more troops, more violence, more raids, more deaths... of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Americans, civilians, teachers, children, contractors, etc... will not lead us to victory.
Instead of more violence, how about we try a strategy of more peace?
How about really trying to help the Iraqi people?
If you thought the Bush Administration did very little for Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina, even less is being done for the people of Iraq... even though the destruction of their country was planned in advance.
The reconstruction of Iraq is a corruption scandal far worse than the domestic scandals being reported in the mainstream press.
I think everyone wants to see legitimate governments, fair markets, and healthy environments in all parts of the world.
I don't think we need to throw chemicals at each other in order to get there.
Did you know we could provide clean drinking water to every person in the world for MUCH LESS money than the War in Iraq is costing? How would that strategy of peace influence people in the political war between dictatorships and democracies?
Here's a question for you. What four member team has a better chance of winning the War on Terror? A Navy Seals team or the Rolling Stones? No offence to our fine special forces, but I'll take the old guys.
I'm not a big fan of Wal-Mart, but I would rather send them to Iran instead of Halliburton.
We can't, and shouldn't, force other people to live like us. The people in the USSR weren't defeated because of our weapons, the communist dictatorship failed because people wanted rock and roll, blue jeans, freeedom of speech, etc... We can strive to provide an example of legitimate governments, fair markets, and healthy environments as the best strategy for winning the current political war on terror.
I would like to see the day when we put an end to the use of war as a strategy for influencing the course of history.