Waking Times: War is politically motivated violence. War is, therefore, terrorism, enshrined in the law of one warring party. By its definition, war threatens and enacts violence on behalf of the
State, for its own benefit, at the expense of the lives and livelihoods
of countless others. And yet we have come to accept their invasion,
their suppression, and even their deaths as necessary to our lives — to
our sense of peace. So we occupy lands, we kill leaders, we overturn
cities in the hunt for weapons that don’t exist — and all because the
lawmakers who decide which violent acts are “war” and which are
“terrorism” tell us such violence is necessary to achieve peace. So, remind me again…
Who are the terrorists? Who are the war heroes, and who are the war criminals? How do we discern military from militia? Do we really believe peace can be achieved by declaring war on war itself? ...read more>>>...
