【歲末文藝賽】Make War or Make Love

Making love while making war is what we see in Game of Thrones. Real life, however, entertains no such fantasy. For all I know, real love is no entertainment and real war is no game.

War is real enough when peace is phony enough. Going to war, we say we love our country so much that we are willing to shed blood for it. In the same breath, we hate war so much that we are unwilling to leave our loved ones whom we may never see again. Generations of Americans before us have been caught in this dilemma. Most of them survived it, only to see yet another outbreak of war. 

If war is so inevitable, then we should choose our battles wisely and fight for what really matters. Ukraine makes sense in this regard.

In Ukraine, America has turned Putin's invasion into a proxy war which is a throwback to the Cold War era. A proxy war may not spare weapons, but it spares American lives. American weapons are replaceable, American lives are not. If the White House cannot sell peace, at least it can sell a proxy war. Hawks get a bigger defense budget. Doves get no body bags from the war zone. This proxy war is viable and sustainable, politically and militarily. 

Going forward, make war when we must. Make peace when we can. Make love when we must and when we can.

 

紉秋蘭原創

*I am open to comments in either Chinese or English or both.

 

Google Image from the New Yorker

所有跟帖： 

• 美國靠賣武器發財！壞處是自己國內槍易買亂射，死了多少無辜的人和孩子。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:38:09

• 中文是，自作孽。。。。。。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:38:58

• 謝謝！關於自作孽，願聞其詳。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:44:19

• 到處賣武器（台灣），送武器（烏克蘭）。作孽啊！自己國內卻濫用武器亂殺呀！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:50:19

• 買賣武器，雙方自願，是麽？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:58:06

• 哈哈哈，自願？老生常談來說說。。。。。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:01:08

• 不自願？像英帝國強賣鴉片給清帝國？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:13:03

• 比鴉片毒！要台灣人買武器殺同種中國人。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:19:04

• This is how this administration thinks. -nearby- ♂ (54 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:55:52

• 普通老百姓的想法。執政者想法就複雜了！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 20:59:46

• 想問一下，是美國老百姓選出美國政權麽？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:03:59

• 是的，但不好。民調可看啊！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:08:38

• 當初看民調，看不出川普勝出吧。克林頓第一任期間，民調也不好。美國俗諺： -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:18:07

• EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:20:10

• Do you mean the US has to rein in Putin? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:00:20

• But I don’t think USA makes this war. -nearby- ♂ (173 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:00:33

• but to keep the war longer！weak Russian government。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:03:13

• I don't know about you, but I think Europe is at stake. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:10:24

• who make it ？ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 04:49:19

• also，weak China，use Taiwan people life。。。。。。。just like U -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:14:01

• If I understand you correctly, America is on the right track -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:08:07

• 對美國是好的。對世界不公平。美國不是自許為世界警察，已不是了。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:15:30

• 我得美公民30年了，但血還是中國血，不向那一方，跟老美談這事，有點傻！難通的啊！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:24:37

• 認同不認同所謂美國主流文化，沒關係，開心就可以了。吾心安處便是家，對麽？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:39:35

• 美國好壞，美國人自己要負責。個見：美國人未必懂得天下為公，但非常懂得這句成語： -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:29:03

• CHARITY STARTS AT HOME. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:30:55

• 層麵太多，饒了我們自己吧！晚安， -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:35:06

• So we've agreed to disagree. Not bad. Good Night! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:42:39

• 隻想補充一下，美國有過孤立主義抬頭的時期。結果？第二次世界大戰。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:34:24

• This is a war of defense for NATO more than for Ukraine. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/14/2022 postreply 21:56:57

• 不同在角度；你以美國觀，看世界。我以世界觀，看美國。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 04:46:34

• '世界觀是否包含普世價值呢？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 17:57:48

• 建議你去看視頻，芝加哥大學的研討會和哥倫比亞大學的研討會 -老生常談12- ♂ (769 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 08:43:18

• 謝謝先生分享視頻。與先生觀點角度不盡相同之見，有以下史丹福Good Fellows的視頻： -renqiulan- ♂ (270 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 18:05:12

• 這文章好像很難列入歲末文藝賽吧？感覺美國現在的吃相有點難看吧？ -花似鹿蔥- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 06:15:30

• 讚成nearby說的，鼓勵參加，其他比較不重要啦！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 06:41:10

• 謝謝來評。隻想說，在下是本著雙百方針來參加的，相信您也是吧。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 18:17:30

• Wow, well done. I like it. -dhyang_wxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 08:15:48

• 老生常談，說得極好，又透澈！讚！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 08:47:50

• I appreciate that. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 18:18:32

• Make no war anytime, make peace always, make love sometimes. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 10:46:52

• 嗬嗬嗬嗬嗬。。。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 11:14:26

• Make laugh all the time ：） -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/16/2022 postreply 07:13:13

• Thanks for your input. I hope the world is with you. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 18:22:36

• That's the voice from the world, not from me ：） -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 19:46:00

• Whatever. All the best! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/15/2022 postreply 19:48:12