War & Protest: "We are saddened, we are stunned, we are perplexed."

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Silence is betrayal (MLK anti-war speech)


It was difficult for me to get through all of our selected readings and videos this week, there were so many powerful ones that grabbed onto you and would not let go. Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize speech was humble and realistic. he talked about how we have now come up with such a thing as a "just war" which reasons the wars that we fight for years. Instead of invading I wish we could hire & train people of that country to mediate and reason with their own people. I think the country's we are fighting and killing would respond to something like this instead of American troops putting their feet down on their soil and shooting away.

"Violence never brings permanent peace, it solves no social problem it merely creates more complicated ones"

The speech from Patton that was givin in 1970 makes you understand more so how many Americas view war as the way to solve & govern the world the right way. He talks about how traditionally American's <3 to fight & how all real American's <3 the sting of battle. People think they are doing right & solving important issues with their weapons but instead we are created deeper rooted issues that are much harder to undo. I wish people were not so PROUD to fight & kill. I wish people were proud to stand up and guide, reason and teach. I wish more people were proud and had the ability to not jump into their tanks when threatened.