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I have stated many times that the life of a Soldier, Sailor, Coast Guards, Airman/woman, and Marine is one which is governed by the idea that Peace is our dream, but War is our reality.
What do you all have to say on the subject? Is it accurate or inaccurate? Please defend your position on the topic, and be nice to each other.
What do you all have to say on the subject? Is it accurate or inaccurate? Please defend your position on the topic, and be nice to each other.
Posted 10 y ago
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I would go further and state that it is not peace that is the natural state of societies but war. If you look back throughout history, long stretches of peace are somewhat rare and only acheived through the decisive completion of war.
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LTC Paul Labrador, I totally agree, Sir. I tend to lean more toward the social conflict perspective in sociological theory.
There are competing groups within society at constant struggle for power and resources. This has been the case since the beginning of time, and it will be until the end of time. And even seemingly peaceful periods in history have been deemed that way because we tend to base our definition of "peace" on what we understand to be the concept of "conflict". Peace, in itself is relative, to whatever group is not current undergoing active conflict.
I believe that war, or to use a better term-competition ,among the spans of sociological stratification have never ceased, and unfortunately, never will.
There are competing groups within society at constant struggle for power and resources. This has been the case since the beginning of time, and it will be until the end of time. And even seemingly peaceful periods in history have been deemed that way because we tend to base our definition of "peace" on what we understand to be the concept of "conflict". Peace, in itself is relative, to whatever group is not current undergoing active conflict.
I believe that war, or to use a better term-competition ,among the spans of sociological stratification have never ceased, and unfortunately, never will.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
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Good question; I think Douglas MacArthur said it best..."The soldier, above all others, prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war."
And to my friends in the sister services; although the word 'soldiers' is used in the quote, I believe it applies to all of us equally!
And to my friends in the sister services; although the word 'soldiers' is used in the quote, I believe it applies to all of us equally!
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