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Originally posted by DimensionalDetective
Dr. Ron Paul gives a little discourse on his thoughts about this absurdity, and possible conspirational motivating factors behind it ( One world gov anyone?). Who exactly was behind this nomination in the first place? Things that make you go hmmm....
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Peace has a price and it is blood.
You won't first obtain it without blood and you won't be able to continually retire to it without blood.
All you peacelovers don't even understand what peace is in the first place. It is a struggle. The kind of peace the president is getting ridiculed over here does not exist except in imaginary fairyland. It probably took even him to become president to come to terms with this reality.
Originally posted by SyphonX
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Peace has a price and it is blood.
You won't first obtain it without blood and you won't be able to continually retire to it without blood.
All you peacelovers don't even understand what peace is in the first place. It is a struggle. The kind of peace the president is getting ridiculed over here does not exist except in imaginary fairyland. It probably took even him to become president to come to terms with this reality.
Yes, most of us are aware that without a struggle, peace is not possible. However, the "struggles" that you refer to are no more. In their place, are organized, planned and deceptive manipulations. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Mexico. These are not the natural way of things, these are organized events.
Perhaps to you, war is natural, but you are confused and misguided. Like so many, you are the type to equate war with manhood and organized chaos with professionalism. You think you take the tough, "dark knight" approach when it comes to defending war. When the reality is, you're simply bolstering the deeds of evil men, and oligarchs, who want nothing from this world other than suffering for their pleasure.
The fact of the matter is, this coming Libyan war was never necessary. The many men, women and children who are about to die from bombing raids, and more to follow from the total chaos, was never necessary. I think you should ask yourself why you crave such a war, why you have an apathetic stance, a bloodlust of sorts, in defending all of this.edit on 17-3-2011 by SyphonX because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Then explain to my why Obama, arguably the biggest pacifist presidential platform to run in modern times, is now seeing the world not the way you do but how it really is? The evidence is in his actions.
Originally posted by SyphonX
reply to post by TinfoilTP
His platform was deceptive. It only served to dull people's angst and rebellious attitude towards the (then current) status quo. When he got into office, he didn't come to the sudden realization that the "world is harsh" and changed his ways. He planned it from the start (rather his handlers planned and he did nothing but talk), which was to direct peoples anger, channel it, then release it as he pulled the rug from under everyone's feet. Then all the "peacelovers" as you so eloquently said, were left on their backs, on the dirty ground. Disillusioned and in still a state of shock.
Not even the supposed Yes We Can, change for the better, Peace-maestro did anything for the better. So now what?
This is what the Right-Left paradigm does. It channels peoples emotions and rebellion. Turns it around, changes it, crushes it.Even people that hated the war during Bush, now passively support it, because they were duped into believing his platform.
Peace isn't war, and war isn't peace. It never was. It would only be "reality" if it was a last-chance, no-option event, which it never is, as the middle-east is sowed chaos from any party interested enough to participate. Perfect example of it too.