Addicted To War? – Ask A Veteran

Saturday, 24 May 2014 by

The greatest peace organization in the country has to be Veterans For Peace. After all, who would know the value of peace more than those who have been at the front line of the insanity of war. I am not a vet. But I have spent years in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Kuwait, and Colombia.

“I don’t understand,” she said, “why don’t you just stop after two beers?” A look of familiarity crossed his face and you could tell he’d been asked that question before. “Do you know that feeling that you get when you’ve had enough to drink?” he asked her. “Yes, of course,” she replied. He smiled at

Out for a stroll one evening, a young woman named Judy came across a drunk named Harry who was relentlessly searching the ground under a street light. “Did you lose something?” Judy inquired. “My keys,” Harry mumbled. Judy, being a kind spirited sort, began to assist in the search. As others came across the scene

12 Step programs are recognized as the world’s most effective tools in dealing with addictions. Why would  the Steps not work for man’s addiction to war? Well meaning peace organizations and anti-war groups don’t often talk of America’s obvious addiction to war. Perhaps it is because they don’t understand the realm of addiction or perhaps

  Peace organizations and an anti-war philosophy must have existed, at least to a degree, in Germany during the build up to WW II. Within the population there had to be those who saw the spiritual malady – the presence of the raw,  insane, ego-driven madness, which gave birth to one of the most horrendous

As World Peace Organizations and the anti-war movement strive to resolve the insanity which is taking over our world they are missing the point: The problem is inside us. It is our addiction, rooted in our collective ego, that is the enemy and we will continue to kill each other until we realize the truth

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