December 11th, 2008
A Quote From a Nutty Peacenik
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.
This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
April 16, 1953
Washington, D.C.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th President of the United States
Elbog wrote,
I have known few high-ranking military men personally, but the ones I have met have always been keenly cognizant of the costs. That they bear this responsibility should never be forgotten. I don’t know if that was your intent in posting this, but that’s my reaction. I share your hope that our leadership will weigh these things more humanely than we have.
Link | December 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Tom wrote,
There are three quotes on my Facebook account that sum up my beliefs about war:
When we drop a bomb on someone, the money to make that bomb has been obliterated. I know that sometimes war is inevitable, but it should always be the last resort when every other option has failed. Creating a militaristic society is only good for the militarists. It leaves the bulk of society with less pretending to be more.
Link | December 13th, 2008 at 1:10 pm