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Is
it bullets, bombs and dead enemies that are the source of our
freedom?
One of the most common and well used pieces of North American war
propaganda is that it is war and the tools of war, that we have to
thank for our freedom. "Our soldiers are the heros of our freedom"!
The issue of basic political freedom in most of the western world is
in reality fairly equal regardless of which side of the different
wars countries have fought on, regardless the capacity of their
armies and even regardless of if they have been involved in armed
conflicts at all. Military might and freedom don't seem to have much
in common.
The coupling between
military might and freedom is more of a war propaganda neccesity
than it is of reality and truth.
Any basic look at the
realities of freedom, will find that it is the mindset of 'violence'
as the solution that is the greatest threat to our freedom that
exists. Violence creates hate … and it is hate that has
proven to be so unmanageable (even for the military) and that is
obviously so incompatible with freedom.
Even in so called Christian circles the virtue of violence to
heritics is often touted. Jesus words in John 8:32 come to
mind as they would suggest it to be”And ye shall know the truth,
and bombs and bullets and dead enemies will make you free!”
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