Greetings and peace be with you aaj;
I see many similarities in what you have been saying, and what Hermon Goering said, when he was a part of the ruling class that led Germany into war.........
Hermon Goering
“Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peace makers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
George Bush and Tony Blair both used the Herman Goering Nazi formula to guide their nations to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. A very easy and dangerous ideal that provokes ordinary people to pick up a gun.
I prefer to think of myself as a peacemaker, and to be a peace maker means you have to be in places of conflict. I have had a knife held against my throat, I don't know how many times I have been punched in my life. A couple of months ago, a lad told me he was carrying a knife, and I encouraged him to give it to me. Last night, I stood between a few drunks fighting at 3 am, sadly this often happens outside the kebab shop run by Muslims.
On rare occasions, peacemakers can overcome violence, Mahatma Ghandi and possibly Nelson Mandela, but there is a price to pay, thousands still die.
Over three hundred thousand have died in Syria, including fifty thousand children. More people with guns can only mean more unnecessary deaths. Where is God in all the death and destruction? How can you be sure that you would end up killing the people; that Allah wants you to kill?
In the spirit of praying to a just and merciful God.
Eric