This new war on Iran - in our era of other accelerating disruptions, is certainty not an exception. Religious factors make things much more complicated. Faith driven hate has greater potential for spreading rapidly and globally --with modern weapon systems combined with every modern nation's multiple vulnerabilities.
The first few
days has certainly diminished Iran’s existing nuclear threat to Israel - but will
likely exacerbate the long-term security of Israel - and every other nation
supporting either side in this conflict.
What gets lost in translation is the fact that terrorism, a tactic of those
without expensive sophisticated weaponry. Tactics can never be defeated. And believing it can only inflame the
passions of those related to the innocent people murdered, be they Palestinian
children or the nearly 200 children in a single Iran school. What do you think their hundreds of relatives
are feeling and thinking now regarding this single US/Israel missile strike?
The phrase ‘War
is Hell’ comes instantly to mind. And Truth is always the first casualty of war.
Given the accelerating truth decay over the last 10 years - there’s little
chance of a clear victory against the size, history, and tenacity of a culture more
than 3000 thousand years old. Our American
freedom culture is only 250. The
leader of North Vietnam said he didn’t need to defeat the US Army. He only needed to outlast the American
people.
Few freedom
loving souls doubt that freedom should be better armed than tyranny. These
were the words of the Ukrainian President four years ago.
There are many
possible unintended consequences to this new Iran war. And this should put everyone on edge. Modern vulnerabilities are far greater than
those of less prosperous non democratic nations.
Any nation’s dependence on electrical
or oil generated power has far greater weaknesses. Or political resilience. Blocking the transportation of oil is
relatively easy. Blocking the amount of
misinformation, disinformation, and hacking of cyber systems -- that nearly every
aspect of modern life depends on...nearly impossible.
Most minds
fail to grasp the root causes of modern conflicts. Most react without seeking to understand the systemic
failures in both our global governance and capital systems. We think we understand reality through our favorite
bubbles of truth. Our personal truths -
which God do we believe in or not. Plus,
our political truths. Which tribe do we
belong to? What race?
Each
blinding us from the fundamental truth that we are one family. The human family.
With each of
us having the capacity for mass murder with a cell phone or an automobile. Meanwhile, nearly everything else is a weapon. We need to understand that security is an
illusion. Freedom is all we really have. We are free to believe and think about
anything we want. But not have the freedom to do things that physically harm others. It is delusional to think there are no
consequences to what we do. In reality -
nearly everything we do has global consequences. And if our actions not virtuous in treating
others as we would like to be treated, do not expect things to work out well
for you or those you love.
This concept
of independence we have in our mind is delusional. As with the concept that
nations are independent. This is a form
of insanity. Because, in reality,
everything is connected, interdependent, and vulnerable. And a global effort (even
a universal effort) is needed to keep us safe and breathing. Keep in mind that a Pulsar 1 billion light
years away, could wipe out all life on earth - if hit by its pulse generated 1
billion years ago.
On earth, the
best place for us to start bringing sanity to humanity is within our own local community.
And a global plan created in 2015 was approved by most nations. It’s called the
17th Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It was established at the United Nations by thousands of people from
hundreds of countries, with their issue areas of expertise. Most importantly, within those 17 goals there
are 169 specific sub-goals that local communities can tackle anywhere on
earth. Simply by uniting on a few of the
specific goals each community agrees to work on.
Thus far, too
often progress on earth has been limited by competition between the three
progressive movements (Peace, Environment, and economic/social Justice) and the
tens of thousands of organizations within each. For decades their siloed
priorities have too often preempted these key movements and vital organizations
from working together on a holistic, comprehensive and synergistic effort. An essential global effort for almost every
life form to best survive and thrive.
And for our species to flourish sustainably.
Each of
these movements and organizations within each have competed with each other for
money, active members, media, attention, and time with key policy makers. Meanwhile, opposing forces have united around
debatable issues that further distract and divide progressives on every issue.
Until our
species prioritizes the golden rule to protect and restore our planet’s life
support systems with the protection of human rights above the defense of
national sovereignty, our divisions will increase as well as the
unsustainability of our species.
If you would
like more information on, or begin organizing within your local community - to
create a political will vital to sustain the health minds, bodies, family, the human
spirit, your community, everyone’s environment, political system, and economic
system - just email Project250@earthlink.net Do not look for a website. Project 250 is
only an idea - whose time is more than 300 years overdue. Endorsing it simply means you agree in the
principle of the “inalienable Rights” and our collective need to protect and
restore Earth’s life support systems.
Now on our
gifted planet we have the financial resources, technologies, and sustainable
methods to prevent and solve almost every problem. We simply lack the wisdom and
the political will globally to make a more perfect union of healthy people and a
sustainable environment.
