Is this America's 9/11 Legacy?
One thing that I have been thinking about is my personal feeling that since our boomer generation is in control of Congress, the Presidency, the Courts and just about everything else that counts, is that we, as a generation have utterly failed our children and grandchildren.
I have been thinking about who we, through our elected "leaders" have sent to war on the flimsiest of excuses, when it is our duty to our children and our country to avoid war at all costs, to use military power as the LAST alternative, not the first.
We have failed our kids. Instead of putting a visions in their heads of America leading the world to a better place, a place where disease, famine, pestilence are being eradicated, where war becomes obsolete as a means of settling disputes, where our military might is used to keep the peace, not to intimidate those who disagree with us.
The vision we get from our "leaders" is we should be scared, that the only way to make living in America without risk is to threaten peace around the world.
The vision we need is that we are all working together to make the world a better place, a place where everyone who is hungry is fed, where all who fall ill can be cured or at least comforted, and all who aspire can aspire and achieve great things. We need a world vision that war became obsolete in the 1900's and that the world is big enough to accommodate people of all faiths, and that faith based war is unnecessary.
I trust the long term cure for terrorism is to put food in everyone's belly, and make it possible for all who seek work to find work. A person with a full stomach and a job is unlikely to opt for terrorism. A nation not at war can work for peace.
Why aren't our politicians and leaders espousing this kind of positive thinking on a consistent basis? Why does one party still think the only way to maintain their grip on power is to instill fear, and to promote the loss of our precious freedoms that one million Americans have paid for with their lives? Is this how we honor theirs, and their families sacrifice? I don't think so.
QuestionItNow
I have been thinking about who we, through our elected "leaders" have sent to war on the flimsiest of excuses, when it is our duty to our children and our country to avoid war at all costs, to use military power as the LAST alternative, not the first.
We have failed our kids. Instead of putting a visions in their heads of America leading the world to a better place, a place where disease, famine, pestilence are being eradicated, where war becomes obsolete as a means of settling disputes, where our military might is used to keep the peace, not to intimidate those who disagree with us.
The vision we get from our "leaders" is we should be scared, that the only way to make living in America without risk is to threaten peace around the world.
The vision we need is that we are all working together to make the world a better place, a place where everyone who is hungry is fed, where all who fall ill can be cured or at least comforted, and all who aspire can aspire and achieve great things. We need a world vision that war became obsolete in the 1900's and that the world is big enough to accommodate people of all faiths, and that faith based war is unnecessary.
I trust the long term cure for terrorism is to put food in everyone's belly, and make it possible for all who seek work to find work. A person with a full stomach and a job is unlikely to opt for terrorism. A nation not at war can work for peace.
Why aren't our politicians and leaders espousing this kind of positive thinking on a consistent basis? Why does one party still think the only way to maintain their grip on power is to instill fear, and to promote the loss of our precious freedoms that one million Americans have paid for with their lives? Is this how we honor theirs, and their families sacrifice? I don't think so.
QuestionItNow
posted by Ohiodem1 at
9/11/2007 09:32:00 PM
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