The Israelis could “turn the other cheek”, but Hamas and the other Arabs would not tire of slapping cheeks, more literally until the last Jew was dead.
That said, in WW2, “Bomber” Harris of the RAF stated the policy of including civilians as targets, not only demoralize and disrupt industry, but to encourage an uprising pointing to lesser ones that occurred in WW1.
Everyone dies anyway. But apparently most of the eager and willing war pushers anticipate no merit/glory/adulation/winning in merely living as good a life as they can until then.
Eye for an eye is just a one step process. The eye of someone who does something wrong. He or she does not get to collect an eye for punishment that is deserved. There’s not a lot of thieves or repeat one in the middle east where they cut off the hand that steals. Same thing with rape.
War is what happens when deadly, destructive armaments are commanded by the mind of a child. There are rational ways to solve problems without murder and blasting each other back to the stone age—but like 2 siblings at each other’s throats, “rational” has nothing to do with it.
Here’s an idea! Start every meeting to solve issues with a joke told by each of the parties involved. International issues, congress, labor strike talks. Everyone starts with a lighter heart and a more open mind.
Cpeckbourlioux 7 months ago
So is it.
nosirrom 7 months ago
That question was answered in 1969.
https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk
nancyb creator 7 months ago
It’s a lose-lose situation.
Ellis97 7 months ago
Why can’t we all just live in peace and harmony?
RitaGB 7 months ago
Same result, with or without war. But it would be a lot nicer to avoid that particular cause.
bluephrog 7 months ago
Some are shot with bullets/some go down in flames/but most will die inch by inch/playing at petty games
ajr58(1) 7 months ago
Was it Gandhi or MLK who observed that The problem with “eye for an eye,” is that sooner or later everyone is blind
James Deveney Premium Member 7 months ago
We are like a wound that doesn’t heal?
Chithing Premium Member 7 months ago
We’re worse than the Klingons.
Steverino Premium Member 7 months ago
War doesn’t determine who’s right, only who’s left.
watcheratthewell 7 months ago
Maybe not “everyone” – but it certainly thins the herd
syzygy47 7 months ago
The Israelis could “turn the other cheek”, but Hamas and the other Arabs would not tire of slapping cheeks, more literally until the last Jew was dead.
That said, in WW2, “Bomber” Harris of the RAF stated the policy of including civilians as targets, not only demoralize and disrupt industry, but to encourage an uprising pointing to lesser ones that occurred in WW1.
Doug K 7 months ago
If only that one group of humans would just let themselves be exterminated by the other side of “humans”.
cmxx 7 months ago
Everyone dies anyway. But apparently most of the eager and willing war pushers anticipate no merit/glory/adulation/winning in merely living as good a life as they can until then.
leemorse9777 7 months ago
Eye for an eye is just a one step process. The eye of someone who does something wrong. He or she does not get to collect an eye for punishment that is deserved. There’s not a lot of thieves or repeat one in the middle east where they cut off the hand that steals. Same thing with rape.
Stephen Gilberg 7 months ago
Healthy minds hate war, but smart minds don’t hold both sides of a war equally accountable.
eb110americana 7 months ago
War is what happens when deadly, destructive armaments are commanded by the mind of a child. There are rational ways to solve problems without murder and blasting each other back to the stone age—but like 2 siblings at each other’s throats, “rational” has nothing to do with it.
oish 7 months ago
The more we kill each other the fewer of us they’ll be
When my friends kill your friends and you friends kill my friends
The more we kill each other the fewer of us they’ll be
eddi-TBH 7 months ago
“War! Uh Huh! What is it good for?…” Population thinning.
eddi-TBH 7 months ago
War leads the Four. Famine and Plague get the survivors. And Death claims all the credit.
donut reply 7 months ago
Here’s an idea! Start every meeting to solve issues with a joke told by each of the parties involved. International issues, congress, labor strike talks. Everyone starts with a lighter heart and a more open mind.