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My inner voice Does the inner self have something to say about war?

Military aggression A critical view of military aggression

Peace at a price There is always a price for 'peace' as there is a price for 'war.' The question is, how much do we pay for each and what do we get is it a quality product?

A poor nuclear alliance

Atomic madness Right now there is a lot of talk and action to stop Iran having a nuclear bomb. Ironically, this talk and actions is coming from countries that have more than a sane share of atomic bombs. And what is a sane share of atomic bombs? None some say while other say, "just a few to destroy thousands or millions of people!"

Human war history So what years are we talking about here?!

Some people just say funny things This one just came into my head one day

We shall not forget This saying is usually reserves for "war veterans," however it is being used here in another way, but still it refers to "war"

Why is there war Now here's the six million dollar question! An elaboration of an actual statement made in the war room. See this site to hear the biggest Freudian slip of all time. http://war-room.ytmnd.com/

The arms race principle

The birth of pacifism

Nuclear snobbery

A peaceful solution Saying the obvious, or perhaps it is not!

 

The arms race cycle

War is a symbol of diplomatic failure

War is a terrible thing

Something Hitler could have said

Who’s the guy in the monkey suite?

Peace, the impossible thing Saying the obvious here, but it seems that "the obvious" is so often overlooked when it comes to 'war.' It seems that the saying, "give peace a chance" is something we humans often find 'not wise'

So many die

The soldier’s survival creed

Truth is the first causality of war Thinking about the idea that each soldier in war, (each soldier killed,) is in fact a causality of war and a form of, 'destruction of the truth.' For indeed, doesn't each soldier carry 'themselves,' which is 'a truth in itself' into war? 'Life' then itself (and the careless destruction of it) is an attempt to destroy the 'truth'