Why do people protest war? I mean, I understand why we
pray for peace, but it's a complete waste of time to protest war because war is
unavoidable. It's in man's nature to fight and thus start wars. And we've been
at it since the very start of our existence. In fact, those that protest wars
will support wars if they believe in the goal of whatever war we happen to be
fighting. And although we really want peace, we are the first ones to start
wars.
Now, I want peace, but I recognize that peace has one
distinct disadvantage. If you have peace long enough, say for 100 years, you
start to get complacent. You get used to it. You get comfortable. You expect it
and you begin to feel as though it’ll always exist for you and your people. And what, you might ask, is so wrong with
that? Just this. You essentially start to let your guard down. It's a funny
thing but in order to have peace, you need to be perceived to be strong. Other
countries need to fear you. And it helps if in fact we are strong. The enemy
must know that if they fight against us, they're going to get hurt and it's
going to be painful. That understanding keeps the peace much more effectively
than any protest, or any peace talk, can ever do. That's because people, and
countries understand and respect strength. They know not to mess with it.
War also keeps your army much more prepared. Armies fight
better if we have recent war experience. When war happens, armies get tuned up,
and soldiers get good at it. Imagine if we suddenly get into a major war after
250 years of peace. Every war hardened soldier that we could have relied on to
train and lead our young men and women has passed on and what were left with is
essentially an inexperienced force. But that doesn’t hold for the enemy. While
we were at peace, probably due to our strength, the enemy was at war with other
countries, and they’re now battle hardened. And we’re not. A big advantage for
them.
Now, if I were the enemy, and I knew that the citizens of
my enemy (that being us) were protesting the war, I would try to use that to my
advantage. I would send agents to infiltrate the protest movement so I could
stir things up some more. I would also try to push my agenda and try to gain
some converts. It’s surprising how dependable your enemy’s unhappy citizens can
be. I, as America’s enemy could never trust them, or respect them, but they
would be useful to me. There’s nothing like a wide-eyed idealistic idiot can be
for making trouble on your behalf.
The fact is that there are just some really bad people in
the world. People who want to cause trouble and hurt others. These are the evil
among us. They’re all around the world. People are basically good and honest.
But some people are evil. Painting rosy pictures of love and peace is fine but
essentially useless. There are many “Hitler” and “Karl Marx” types among us
just waiting for their turn at creating a new world based on their ideas. And
they’re looking for opportunities to start wars. And try as you might, you
cannot negotiate peace with them because usually peace does not work out to
their advantage and does not help them to obtain their goals.
So pray for peace. Pray for world peace because that’s
what we should have. But also pray for the enemy, that they see the world as we
see it. That they see that a peaceful world, and a free world because it is a
better world where freedom is guaranteed.
Just don’t hold your breath. And get ready to be
disappointed.
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