The Reality of War
Of course, war and the large military establishments are the greatest sources of violence in the world. Whether their purpose is defensive or offensive, these vast powerful organizations exist solely to kill human beings. We should think carefully about the reality of war. Most of us have been conditioned to regard military combat as exciting and glamorous – an opportunity for men to prove their competence and courage. Since armies are legal, we feel that war is acceptable; in general, nobody feels that war is criminal or that accepting it is criminal attitude. In fact, we have been brainwashed. War is neither glamorous nor attractive. It is monstrous. Its very nature is one of tragedy and suffering.
War is like a fire in the human community, one whose fuel is living beings. I find this analogy especially appropriate and useful. Modern warfare waged primarily with different forms of fire, but we are so conditioned to see it as thrilling that we talk about this or that marvelous weapon as a remarkable piece of technology without remembering that, if it is actually used, it will burn living people. War also strongly resembles a fire in the way it spreads. If one area gets weak, the commanding officer sends in reinforcements. This is throwing live people onto a fire. But because we have been brainwashed to think this way, we do not consider the suffering of individual soldiers. No soldiers want to be wounded or die. None of his loved ones wants any harm to come to him. If one soldier is killed, or maimed for life, at least another five or ten people – his relatives and friends – suffer as well. We should all be horrified by the extent of this tragedy, but we are too confused.
~His Holiness Dalai Lama
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Roxana Bravo
I agree with every single word of his.
Jendhamuni Sos
So do I +Roxana Bravo !
Jendhamuni Sos
อรุณสวัสดี +Chadamas Plainkim
Chadamas Plainkim
อรุณสวัสดิ์ค่ะ สงครามไม่เคยปราณีใครเลยนะ น่าสงสารจัง
Jendhamuni Sos
ฉันคิดว่าอย่างนั้นเหมือนกัน +Chadamas Plainkim
Jendhamuni Sos
ฉันจะไปเยี่ยมคุณในขณะนี้ +Chadamas Plainkim
Charles van Dijk
Criminals have one power they can make decent people to lower their standards. To become an executioner becomes acceptable. The same in war other countries religions and political systems are seen as evil.Jacob Bronowski in the ascent of man hit the nail right on the head, war is armed robbery on a national scale by a country to an another country.
vidya sagar
war is nothing muscle power or grabbing other land. ultimately many people die for this cause. Peace and harmony is required for the growth friend which is need of the hour.
Jendhamuni Sos
Very true, my dear +vidya sagar Good morning!
Jendhamuni Sos
I wonder what the world would be like, if there is no war +Charles van Dijk
Charles van Dijk
+Jendhamuni Sos The word is Utopian by the book of Sir Thomas Moore. Plato's republic is another, like chasing a shadow you will never catch it.
dietrich lombarde
37 million people died in world war1 – – 1914 to 1918
50 million people died because of— spanish flu— in 1918.
60 million people where killed in world war.2
51 million people died be cause of war from 1945 to 2000
4486 soldiers had been killed in Iraq.
estimated casualties because of the Iraq war 1,033,00 People.
not counting Afganistan.
The world population 1901…..1,650,000,000
The world population 2012…. 7,000,000,000
So.The world population despite all the casualties between —–
— 1901 to 2012 has risen nearly 4,5 billion.
In 2045 we will have 10 billion people.
make love no war.yeah, very good idea!!!!!
We loosing space trough global warming and so on.
If you thought war is "horror" and for sure it is….
We can only hope, that answers had been found by "then."
Do you believe that glories human race has found "the key" in solving "its problems?
Jendhamuni Sos
I just had a chance to come to my computer again +dietrich lombarde Thank you so much for posting the stats here. The numbers are so interesting.
nelson katu ichi shimabukuro
que este ano de 2013 ,Jendhamuni Sos;haja muita paz e felicidades.para população;.que volte a sorrir;.o olhar de uma criança que Deus esteja em todos os lares….!!!!
Jendhamuni Sos
Thank you so much +nelson katu ichi shimabukuro !
p.swarna kumar
war is crime dear Jendhamuni..in the modern age also…human kind is..on lunatics of war..for the supremacy they fight for..not for the people of the nation…
Anatoliy Urbanskiy
great shot! well done!
mady sach
great shot, nice one