While I write this,
North Korea is posturing yet again. If it wasn’t potentially so dangerous, it
would be comical. Observing men (apparently) goose stepping in precise rows, in
precise time; thousands upon thousands of little toy soldiers, packed into the
square. Unfortunately, they are not toys. I also hesitate to call them men. If,
that is, by men we mean beings with free will and an individual identity, not
simply robots or mindless clones. And really! That puffy little potato head,
Kim Jong Un, enjoying his moment in the sun, imagining that he is actually
important.
But then, is posturing
back really of any use? And, hello, U.S.A., was not flying B2 stealth bombers
over the south just a tiny, tiny bit provocative? Wasn’t it intended to provoke
precisely this response? What? Has “Al Qaeda” been too quiet lately? Iran not
naughty enough? Were the generals and heads of the secret service getting a
little bored?
Here’s an idea: let’s
stop feeding the potato head’s ego.
At the Dachau
Memorial, site of the first Nazi concentration camp, are written these words,
in several languages,
NEVER AGAIN
Sadly, with human beings, we know
that the truth is,
EVER AGAIN
And again, and again, and
again... Human beings appear to be constitutionally incapable of learning from
the lessons of history. “It’s never worked before, so surely it must work this
time.”
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