By Ron Paul
Twelve-term US Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul unearths an intensely own part as he displays on transforming into up in the course of international battle II. The ebook additionally offers a strong critique of the corruption and corrosion produced by means of a twentieth century choked with struggle and killing. Ever the optimist, although, Paul leaves at the back of the ashes of a twentieth century of struggle to complete with a stirring, freeing view of the long run we may perhaps select if we flip from struggle and violence.
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My dad was an air raid warden. His job on all air raid drills was to sound the siren in our area of town. Though my four brothers and I may not have known the full significance of a potential attack, we all knew that the sirens, easily reachable by any of us, were never to be touched. During an air raid drill, all lights were absolutely turned off, and the family sat around a console radio listening for news of the certainty that it was all just practice. The siren would then sound again, more softly, as an all-clear signal.
Being chivalrous, in rare moments, is likely the best people can do in resisting their government’s demand for the use of force in a war that they know deep down in their hearts makes no sense. Being noble for a few moments and sparing a life is an instinct of humanity shouting out in an attempt to preserve one’s own sanity. Chivalry may be helpful, but in the long term it cannot erase the guilt associated with the fighting and killing in the many wars that do not serve the interest of the people.
In contrast, Buffy Sainte-Marie suggests in her song “Universal Soldier” that soldiers always blindly accept orders and never resist. But what if those who are required to do the killing on both sides refused to fight in a war that is not justified and makes no sense? That’s what happened on that special Christmas Eve in 1914. For a brief period both sides refused to fight. Instead they preferred to sing Christmas carols, play soccer, exchange gifts including tobacco and alcohol, eat and drink together, and bury the dead.