<p>Well, hopefully some of the cadets and future cadets will read these posts. Hopefully many will learn in their studies and teachings that there is a difference between “Leading” the world and being “Responsible” for it. Hopefully, as they move through the academy and into their military careers, they will realize that there is a difference between “Helping” people and providing “Welfare”. They will hopefully also learn that for peace among nations to exist, there must be reciprocity on all sides. You can’t force peace down the throat of people who don’t want it. You also can’t provide “Welfare”. You can only provide a “Helping Hand” for their own self sufficiency. Anything else creates dependency. They will also hopefully realize that at least for now, we don’t live in “Rodney King’s” world where people ask; “Can’t we all just get along”. </p>
<p>But because world peace day is nothing more than a hope for euphoria, people should be allowed their day of hope. That is fine. There are too many that are extremists. They think that if you try and close a border, not totally bale out a country with problems, not end the world of all it’s injustices, etc… then it means that you don’t care at all. That’s fine, they can believe that. They don’t want to accept reality. That life isn’t always fair. That it isn’t any ONE country’s responsibility to use all of it’s resources to equalize the world. That each country has their own primary responsibility to their own citizens first. That we are there to “help” when possible but not to be held responsible. Again, that’s OK. Hopefully, most of the cadets who attend and graduate from the academies and go on to become officers will learn to retain empathy and sympathy while at the same time understand reality and truth.</p>
<p>There are obviously ideological type beliefs in this topic that some people don’t want to look past. That’s understandable. There are extremist views of the other side. i.e. Fundamental Christians. Little do they want to recognize that a large portion of the world’s charitable organizations are sponsored by these so called Fundamental Christian organization. But hey, that’s ok. Believe in the extremes. If we aren’t for giving up everything in the name of world peace, then we are obviously war mongers. Anyway, I’ll let this topic go for the rest to discuss in a more peaceful environment. After all, that is what it’s all about. World peace. To extreme for my tastes. Later… Mike…</p>