WAR IS STUPID, or WAR IS SMART – discuss!
Monday, March 21, 2022
Nothing changes.
Everything changes.
Over a year, over centuries, or before noon …
We know everything, but we have learned nothing.
We’ve heard talk of peace dividends thrown around by politicians every time a war ends.
It looks like every country receiving refugees will have a war dividend in terms of the need for housing, employment, and consumer goods – it’s short-term costly, but immigrants and refugees always bring their work ethic and the will to survive and thrive.
And those manufacturing munitions will be going flat out to replenish inventories …
The brainiest people who ever lived, their collective capacity to crunch/analyze data using the cumulative intelligence of all time, who can fracture most problems to their tiniest components – cannot stop a war nor despots bent on destruction.
Weapons of war, it seems, evolve.
But war doesn’t. We see this played out – not in history books – every day, in real-time, we see how we’ve not given ourselves very long to Imagine giving peace a chance.
We’re giving war another chapter.
Nothing changes much.
This war Russia is waging in Ukraine will create winners and losers; the wasteful and tragic loss of life undoubtedly, winners and losers over territory and many people will find a way to profit – they’ll hedge their positions and make it about money.
On the other hand, Ukrainians fight bravely, have so much to fight for and far too much to lose.
Whether western countries will give genuine help v. wringing their hands remains to be seen.
Canada has welcomed many waves of immigrants and refugees from all over the world – that’s not likely to change and benefit in so many ways when they come. While the horrors in Ukraine are genocidal/holocaust scale atrocities committed at the direction of criminal Putin, the support for Ukrainians fighting to save their homeland or for coming to Canada is strong – we can help.
Reader feedback:
Mark, what a feat! If you’ve ever doubted you have ‘stick to it’ power your AA commitment (not sure that is the ‘right’ way to phrase it… and 19 years of writing everyday is sure proof in the pudding! I bet you are a trustworthy and hard working realtor, too!, SF, Lethbridge, AB
Good morning Mark at the beginning of your 20th year. Carry on SIR! Good job! I will continue to enjoy the ride. One of your many faithful supporters, JJ, Calgary, AB from the Florida Keyes
Congratulations! Great work, AG, Cancun, Mex.