We hear that Putin miscalculated. Living in a bubble leads to miscalculations. I know the arguments put forward from all sides, and what went wrong earlier, and the speculations of what is going to happen next. But whatever the case or reasoning might be, nobody should be calculating and weighing lives lost against a boundary moved. Nobody should consider one’s ideology worth killing others who are of a different mind.
War is blood and gore. Terror and fear. People shot and dead. Guts spilling. Burnt feet and hands and faces. Sirens sounding. Women wailing. Children scarred. Buildings crumbling. Minds numbed. Panic. Killing to not get killed.
This is not the way to win people’s hearts and minds. So out-of-touch. So abominable.
Humankind is learning how to deal with a pandemic, faster than ever before. We are slowly coming to grips with the global environmental catastrophe. We know how to grow enough food. Poverty was close to be eradicated within the span of a lifetime. We know to prevent and cure diseases that killed millions. Knowledge is growing exponentially. We have the technology to communicate in an instant, with anyone anywhere in the world. We have the means to ensure that everyone can live in peace, with an outlook brighter than ever before.
Of course, there always are different views and opinions, and disagreements and conflicts. But we have the ethical and scientific foundations and the resources to get over them. To build a world bristling with tanks and nuclear missiles is not the final answer.
War is so yesterday.
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Yes, I hoped never to see pictures of destruction and refugees again, like I had experienced 77 years ago.
ReplyDeleteMaybe those responsible for the fights should themselves fight in the frontline.