Wipe 'Em Out
I've never been really comfortable with the whole "make a parking lot out of the Middle East" talk.
"We will destroy North Korea," is along the same lines.
I think back to the old Sting song where he crooned:
"The Russians love their children too."
That was back in the day when certain portions of the population weren't all pro-Putin.
Whatever...not a political post...just more of how I feel about things.
I'm sure that there are people of other lands who want to wipe America off the map. They'd do so without regard to any of the lives that we are living.
That's why the tough talk is lost on me.
There are real people in North Korea. People who just want to live a life and are more afraid of the "Rocket Man" than a fan of him.
Women, children, dogs, good men, good women...
...up in smoke.
Consider what a bomb can do.
Tear off body parts, leave people who survived, breathing toxic air.
Poverty, destruction, death.
Life is precious.
It's precious to the people of the United States.
Think of how much hatred was (and still is directed) at those who bombed us...
...those who attack us now.
Violence begets violence.
Imagine that we do drop major bombs, missiles, drone attacks...
...whatever.
And we take out hundreds, thousands, millions.
Will those who remain blame "Rocket Man"?
Or will they join the rest of those who will live to bring death to Americans?
That's the way I've kind of always looked at it.
Is there such a thing as the justified murder of innocents?
When does it end?
We turn Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria...
...into parking lots?
Would we be better off?
No nation should go it alone.
Was it an idle threat?
I hope so...
...and I'm betting that all the parents, over there, who love their children too...
...hope so too.
"We will destroy North Korea," is along the same lines.
I think back to the old Sting song where he crooned:
"The Russians love their children too."
That was back in the day when certain portions of the population weren't all pro-Putin.
Whatever...not a political post...just more of how I feel about things.
I'm sure that there are people of other lands who want to wipe America off the map. They'd do so without regard to any of the lives that we are living.
That's why the tough talk is lost on me.
There are real people in North Korea. People who just want to live a life and are more afraid of the "Rocket Man" than a fan of him.
Women, children, dogs, good men, good women...
...up in smoke.
Consider what a bomb can do.
Tear off body parts, leave people who survived, breathing toxic air.
Poverty, destruction, death.
Life is precious.
It's precious to the people of the United States.
Think of how much hatred was (and still is directed) at those who bombed us...
...those who attack us now.
Violence begets violence.
Imagine that we do drop major bombs, missiles, drone attacks...
...whatever.
And we take out hundreds, thousands, millions.
Will those who remain blame "Rocket Man"?
Or will they join the rest of those who will live to bring death to Americans?
That's the way I've kind of always looked at it.
Is there such a thing as the justified murder of innocents?
When does it end?
We turn Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria...
...into parking lots?
Would we be better off?
No nation should go it alone.
Was it an idle threat?
I hope so...
...and I'm betting that all the parents, over there, who love their children too...
...hope so too.
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