They Say War Is Not the Answer
Dear rebels fighting for your freedom,
They say war is not the answer, but sometimes it is necessary to battle in order to keep the peace. You all fight for what you believe in, a better future for you, your brothers and your families. You fight because you want to survive, because you want your kids to not grow up knowing the fear that strikes you when moving from a camp to another.
Whether I approve what you do, doesn’t matter, what matters is that I respect you and that I admire what you stand for. I respect you and respect everyone who fights for their freedom. Such a wonderful word, don’t you think? Being able to say “I am free” many see this as hope, a hope for a better future, but people should realize that freedom is not free. Even though it is the act of saying I am free, it really is not, for receiving it comes at a certain price. Sometimes that price is a blood spill; sometimes a revolt is inevitable in order to get freedom and peace.
We talk about peace, we dream about it and yet we never take a moment to ask ourselves what it really means. Is peace a state of mind or is it the absence of an overt conflict?
Some say that peace is not the absence of war, that it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, a disposition for confidence. While others who agree say that it is not the absence of war but the presence of justice. If you ask me, I’d tell you that both are right, but what happens when we cannot have peace through negotiations and agreements? What happens when peace cannot be attained through peaceful means? Ever heard of it takes two to tango? You can want to be diplomatic all you want but if the other side is not reasonable then you can’t force them to come to a diplomatic agreement. And you cannot always look the other way. They tried that before with a guy called Hitler, and look where that got us. I like the quote "all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing"
But you are doing something, you are
They say war is not the answer, but sometimes it is necessary to battle in order to keep the peace. You all fight for what you believe in, a better future for you, your brothers and your families. You fight because you want to survive, because you want your kids to not grow up knowing the fear that strikes you when moving from a camp to another.
Whether I approve what you do, doesn’t matter, what matters is that I respect you and that I admire what you stand for. I respect you and respect everyone who fights for their freedom. Such a wonderful word, don’t you think? Being able to say “I am free” many see this as hope, a hope for a better future, but people should realize that freedom is not free. Even though it is the act of saying I am free, it really is not, for receiving it comes at a certain price. Sometimes that price is a blood spill; sometimes a revolt is inevitable in order to get freedom and peace.
We talk about peace, we dream about it and yet we never take a moment to ask ourselves what it really means. Is peace a state of mind or is it the absence of an overt conflict?
Some say that peace is not the absence of war, that it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, a disposition for confidence. While others who agree say that it is not the absence of war but the presence of justice. If you ask me, I’d tell you that both are right, but what happens when we cannot have peace through negotiations and agreements? What happens when peace cannot be attained through peaceful means? Ever heard of it takes two to tango? You can want to be diplomatic all you want but if the other side is not reasonable then you can’t force them to come to a diplomatic agreement. And you cannot always look the other way. They tried that before with a guy called Hitler, and look where that got us. I like the quote "all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing"
But you are doing something, you are