Sowing the Wind-Reaping the Whirlwind

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Sep 21, 2011 at 11:18

In a world that has never known more than a few years of the absolute absence of conflict, pondering the realities of human nature becomes second nature, when in fact it should be first nature brought into subjection of a higher moral code. Obviously, this is not the case.

In the macrocosm of the global influences supposedly ascribed to the current affairs of the United States, America does seem to have a significant role in many situations. But to ascribe all the world's ills to the presumption that all of it is caused by the United States is myopic at best; and escapist rhetoric at worst.

America did not create war. But typically, with few exceptions, America does not shrink from it either. In the nobler perception, America would be well off to be neutral in world conflicts, but from its very beginnings, America has been drawn into conflicts and outright war, not because it sought it out, but because the call for nobility also calls for responsibility.

Having said that, one can make the argument that such nobility has been colored by the interventions of the last forty years when reviewing the socio/political causes under which banners America sent in the troops. Not all were directly American causes; however by association with the nations of the post WWII world, the greater cause was invoked requiring America to respond. America should have said no most of the time, yet did not. And there is the great question: why?

The answer to why is not simple, reams and reams of opinion and rhetorical explanations have been expended and no simple answer can be produced. So, to make it out that America is solely responsible for all the word's ills and easy resort to war is simple minded, yet an easy assertion to make with limited understanding.

It is written in the Holy Scriptures that wars come from the lusts of mankind, of envies and the other malicious thoughts of a people not wanting to recognize that the first nature of humanity brought into subjection of a higher moral code is the better course. Many will say that America is a violator of that, but the reality is that others challenge America in such a way that no other course but a show of strength becomes the unpleasant alternative. Only the perpetrators of evils deeds hate it when the police arrive.

Are we safer? It is a rhetorical question, since as noticed above, a world that has never known more than a few years of the absolute absence of conflict cannot expect a measure of safety unless and until it gets a handle on the nature of the beast. And in Brazil, where America was allowed to extend its quest for oil influences, that beast is now ready to show itself again. So the question is now posed: does America become Brazil's defender?

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