President Psychopath Day

I was born into an British army family.  My father spent much of his life in the army. He joined as a young man and left when he was an officer some thirty years later.

I never liked the military and still don’t. But I did my military time even as a kid. Military schools and then Conscription. Joined the RAF and got kicked off a course for fighter pilots. I have never accepted the propaganda story that the military  was to defend me and my country from attack by enemies, It’s too simple and glib.

The British army had its share of attack and kill. Yes. I know there was WW2. But perhaps Hitler would never have come to power if the Allies had viewed the end of WW1 as a time for a Marshall Plan rather than a time to try and make the enemy pay for the war.Politicians who make the wars also make the peace.

Today I listened to President Psychopath. We now have a form of truce. But it is unclear how or if it will work. Do I live in hope? I wish that we all live in hope. Soldiers from Iran, US, Lebanon, Israel and other states and civilians have  met their deaths. I have mixed feelings about soldiers as they act in good to evil situations, but they are human. There have  mothers, fathers, brother, sisters. This is for all of them.