All the militarists are culpable for all the war : Enough, already!
Among them there are no good guys.
We adults, every last one of us, no exception, have a first duty of care to all the children, to all of them, everywhere, in every condition. This duty of care is more important than any flag, than who rules or who governs and ought to the central foundation of good governance.
This is a collective, species level responsibility.
It is blatantly clear to me that all the militarists are culpable for all the war that has unfolded and is unfolding right in front of us. It is clear to me that taking sides within the militarists domain is foolish, and only feeds the fires of violence which consumes children, their parents, their communities, turning their lives and lands and work to ash.
Cameron, touting himself as 'tough enough', took £10 million Greensill Fraud cash.
Corbyn had, and always has had, and always will have our children's best interests in mind. Corbyn is not a militarist.
The others never have, and never will.
Militarists hate all our children. They must do.
Russia is invading Ukraine, Saudi Arabia is bombing Yemen, USA is bombing Somalia, USA embargos Cuba, USA and UK wage war in a number of places, the global weapons industry is worth trillions of dollars. Millions of people are fleeing and have fled their homes, their warm beds, their gardens, their shops and businesses.
The White Feathers.
There are people who have accused me of being a Putin propagandist, an Assad apologist, and a supporter of The Taliban, because I oppose US and UK Militarism.
There are people who have accused me of being a coward because I say enrolling civilians in organised violence aka 'resistance' does not improve matters and will not make them more free. Have they looked at any city where street by street warfare has taken place? Can they say that destruction brought freedom or peace?
It was women in Northern Ireland who brought peace and more freedom from oppression, not men with guns. In the midst of violence. Even as it was happening all around them. Men with guns make everything worse, every time.
So those who are egging on the heroics of Ukrainian men, they are all causing more violence, not less.
They are operating on belief and hubris, they are not in touch with reality at all, and they dare not call out the militarism for what it is - cruelty institutionalised for profit and power.
Neutral Ireland?
Even in my own home country, neutral Ireland, the political leadership is talking of increasing their military budget, investing in jet fights and modern war ships!
These feckers are idiots. Morons! What possible use of more military in Ireland is going to improve life for Irish people! How will more Military expenditure help with climate change adaptation, dealing with pollution, poverty, the housing crisis or any other serious human social or environmental problem we face?
Every Minister of Defence that enables taxes to be spent on military training, hardware and facilities is culpable.
Every Government that does not have an active and effective Ministry of Peace which operates as a Ministry of Prevention of Violence, Conflict Resolution and de-Escalation is failing in it's duty of care.
The competing militarised powers system is culpable, fully, for every war that ever occurs.
The competing militarised powers system is a choice, there is nothing innate, inevitable about it. It is entirely avoidable.
The competing militarised powers system is psychopathy institutionalised.
We adults have a first duty of care to all our children, even before our countries.
Not just our own children, but to all children, everywhere.
There are 6.5 million children under the age of 15 living in Ukraine, 15% of the population. In Iraq 2003-2006 1/3rd of all violent deaths were of children under the age of 15.
We adults, every last one of us, no exception, have a first duty of care to all the children, all of them, everywhere. This is a collective, species level responsibility.
I think that any adult who fails to see this is in my view, psychologically dysfunctional, and biologically immature. I think this bully cult does everything it possibly can to ensure most of us are biologically immature, at a level that poses a threat to us as a species.
There, I've said it.
Do you get me?
There's a significant sector of the adult world that is failing all our children. The War Makers and Wealth Extractors and their operatives are the most powerful among that significant cohort of the human population. Their choices impact the lives of billions of people, out of all proportion to their value, or worth.
A cooperating industrialised peoples system has always been possible.
Clean industry has always been possible. It's a matter of choice that it remains toxic.
Abolishing poverty has always been possible. It's a matter of choice that poverty persists, a choice made by the Wealth Extractor class.
Ending Racism and Misogyny has always been possible. It's a matter of choice that our schools, news media and entertainment industry fail to explain the historical origins of both of these corrosive bigotries.
The existence of all of these to the degree we see before us is a matter of choice.
The choice made by those who hold the most power is the most important choice of all as the power disparity built into hierarchy systems means that the choice of a few people has immense impact on the lives of tens, hundreds and thousands of millions of people.
Bullies in power can bully millions of people. Putin, Bush, Cameron, Johnson. Our bullies are good bullies.
This is a bully cult.
This has to be the first call in discussing Ukraine, Yemen, COVID, Climate Change, Pollution, Poverty.
Name the situation as it really is.
Call it out.
"There is no point talking about the problem, unless you talk about the solution." Betty Williams - Betty Williams was a Northern Irish Peace Activist whose work helped bring the violence there to an end. Violence is not a solution, it is always a reactionary stance. Revenge is not a solution.
