Declaration Of Peace

15. December 2008 by Satire V.

“Peace, back by popular demand”
This bumper sticker, the recent resurgence of the peace symbol, and peace rallies are viewed by many as signs of this country’s renewed desire for the end of war. This is a legitimate desire. Unfortunately, it is also a renewal of the raging ignorance and dangerous naivete of the 60’s.

There is a fundemental misunderstanding that is revealed by the simple-minded utterance of the word “peace”, or the use of the recently popular symbol. The implication is that we can simply declare peace on our enemies. This is entirely wrong.

The inverse, which is equally wrong, is perhaps the source of this mistake. Many on the left are foolish enough to believe that it requires both sides to declare war. War is not a tango, and it doesn’t take two. Even for those that fail to recognize earlier events for what these were, only a fool would not agree that on September 11th, 2001 our Islamofascist enemy declared war on us. They didn’t need our consent.

The same people that thought Woodstock was great, that burning draft cards was the ultimate expression of bravery, and that believe(d) that drugs can expand your mind are sadly teaching our children today. These people are trying to teach these children that peace is something we can simply choose of our own accord, and it will happen. This is not entirely wrong. In the same way that a child might avoid getting beaten by a bully by giving up his or her lunch money, we could possibly sell our freedoms for peace. Who would consider this price fair? I believe that freedom is far more valuable than peace without it.

Taking this peace-loving “stand” today helps the draft dodgers justify their cowardice in the 60’s. What an opportunity to make so much of the evil of war when they no longer have much to lose. They can even convince themselves that there is some risk involved in “resisting” and that they are therefore displaying great bravery.

We Americans have not had to fight often on our own ground. This is mostly because we have demonstrated an ability to, and a willingness to, wage successful war on our enemies. Sadly, because of the left in the late 60’s and now, and with the help of the “light right” in the first gulf war, the world can question our resolve. We can only pray that they don’t continue to test it.

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