Ukraine and Russia, war of wars.
We can never underestimate the damage thats being done in this war, but in in the last decades we have had conflicts all over the place. It is sad to acknowledge how biased no mater the side we choose, we prioritise and almost engage in proxy wars and conflicts around the world. Watch and finance, no matter what country your taxation will always go in some way to the death of someone.
“Is all money blood money?, ask yourself”.
Death of someone we report or hide, choosing importance and also determine what is not important for us to care or share. Deaths are so many all over the place and we seem to celebrate one and mourn another. Laugh and share, or mourn and apologies.
The death toll from the conflicts and wars in Irak, Afganistan, Ukraine Russia, Israel Palestine. From losing their life to having to flee their home and country. Damage is severe everywhere, but our nations national interest will decide what and where we can care for and allowed to think.
Seems like in the pandemic when we have a death toll on the TV, have all deaths just become a number. Why do we prioritise, post and share one and avoid the other.
Stalin famously said, “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic.”
War has always been suffered by the common man and women, they sacrifice and they loose. To avoid being biased we can agree that most people throughout times and current history think that they are doing the right thing, fighting for a good cause meanwhile no one knows except few people. “History is written by victors”.
There are many explanations to our reactions but why, diffrent time or place and it can be us. Having to protect or being forced to fight, without choice you do what you're told. Telling is easy thats why people can sit alone to wage and create wars, press buttons and watch on a monitor far away.
We can speak on who and what, but no matter the nation or background we are all sons and daughters to someone. Might be a death on what you consider the right side but it is almost always someone who means something to people and are important to their loved ones. Losses are losses.
We are forced to pick sides and forget who really choose when war beings and ends, who gains and for what. The common people might never know the real motives but they fight the wars. Propaganda is in what we are being told, what we perceive to be right is decided and controlled by many factors.
Why put more emphasis on one and forget about another, prioritise who and where, why and for what. In everyone we have to se our place and the nation we live in, see our bias and what where told. From Africa to Europe, from Asia to South America, nation and place means everything.
Many wars have been created in lies but suffered in real life, we think in innocent and guilty, we think in good or bad, we want winners and losers. Who stands to gain form this war can we all ask, not the common people like history tells.
Death of youth and future chosen by old men, sad but accurate on all sides around the world. Fight and die over land or where the border should be, land, money, politics. When is enough enough, they where about to sign a peace agreement until people and powers interfered.
Not meant to seek empathy for anyone more or less, just provide a sad reality about war. Many conflicts around the world but why is that not posted, a select few individuals can decide to end or start and even shake hands or not.
Understand the money behind war then you will know why they are started and are “good” to prolong over years, sad reality is that companies profit in crisis and war so why not encourage or create them .
Think, think, think, question, question, question.
Tom Hilkema
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