Prose for "Pros" (and "Antis")

Truly, if I had my druthers, this world would be one totally free of war, disease and poverty - also lawyers, doctors and politicians. Who but the most aberrant human being doesn't long to have it so? (Except, perhaps for lawyers, doctors and politicians) Alas, 'tis but wishful thinking.

Does anyone really "support" war itself? No sane individual, nor one who truly understands the reality of what war is. I challenge anyone to find a woman in this country, Democrat or Republican, left, right or in the middle who doesn't live in constant fear and/or continual prayer if her child is on some foreign shore in harm's way. Hell, I worry when one of my cats doesn't show up on time for supper - I can't imagine the horror of having a child gone to war. It must be agonizing.

Though I don't recall being there, I'm sure the first human incident of violence was NOT at the hands of the female of the species. (Though hers may have been the second incident, if it was in defense of her child.) I imagine the first human killed by another was some weasily little creep, too lazy to hunt for himself and too wimpy to get a woman to look after him when his mama died of exhaustion. He probably thought it was a good idea to steal food from the big macho hunter in the next cave over and got caught in the act; whereupon he was beaten to a bloody pulp with the same club used to subdue a mighty mastodon - or to seduce the little woman, for that matter. Of course the "Bible" tells a different version. Refer to the Second Book of Apes for a general outline describing the origins of war. Here's an excerpt from Chapter 1.

But I digress. My point here really is that those of us who support our president and the rationale behind the war in Iraq are not "Pro-War" any more than those who support a woman's right to decide when and if she will have a child are "Pro-Death." There are times when the horrific choice is the only one possible based on the evidence at hand and the circumstances that threaten our future. Once that choice is made and the process is underway, there is no turning back. Calling for George W. Bush's head on a spike is as stupid and pointless (not to mention immoral) as bombing abortion clinics.

This is the real world in which we live. The one where nobody ever gets hurt or dies, where everybody loves everybody - the world that sings "In Perfect Harmony" - only exists in old Coca-Cola commercials and the minds of the delusional. Contrary to what "they" might try to tell you, boys and girls, it didn't exist when a Democrat was in the Whitehouse either, nor will it if we put another one there next time. And appeasing radical Islam sure as hell won't make it all better. We've tried it and it doesn't work.