Breaking down War.

These are strange times we live in. We have moved from a "potential" war with Iraq, to a "probable" war, the stated reason being that Iraq's dictator has lied about stockpiling so-called "weapons of mass destruction", thereby violating any number of UN resolutions and agreements.

But we really need to be clear. We cannot afford to fool ourselves about this, or any war. War simply means killing other people to take their shit.

Now, a lot of money has been spent, and television airtime wasted, to dress up war and make it appear to be some sort of valiant undertaking. However, that doesn't change the reality of war, which again, simply means killing other people to take their shit.

How did Operation Desert Storm get started? Iraq sent its troops into Kuwait, killing people and taking their shit. In response, we sent OUR troops over to kill Iraqi people and take THEIR shit.

Hitler kicked off WWII by killing a lot of people and trying to take EVERYBODY'S shit.

Some will argue that defensive actions can be justified, such as our taking on Hitler and Hussein. Well, justification notwithstanding, the reality of war doesn't change: we killed a bunch of Germans and Japanese and Italians and took their shit. And that's what we plan to do in Iraq this time around.

When will we (and by we, I mean the entire human race) EVER learn that killing people and taking their shit NEVER SOLVES ANYTHING? Here in America, we have amassed the world's most powerful army supposedly to defend our American way of life. We've got more and better guns, missiles, tanks, ships, submarines and jets than anybody. Our armed forces were built not to take offensive actions against other countries, but to deter aggressors and defend our Nation. That's wonderful, but the only problem is that the method to do this is to kill other people and take their shit.

The old saying still holds true: If you live by the sword, you'll die by the sword. Is that what we really want for our children?

More later…
Paul