Faces of War
There are two faces of war. Which one do you see?
The first is wrapped in the cool-factor anonymity of modern war-making technology. It’s an impressive façade of Kevlar, tinted goggles, and desert camouflage. This is the face that inspires sanitized, Hollywood-style pop culture distractions. It is not so much a face, but a mask obscuring the horrifying truth of war’s consequences, a mask that speaks on behalf of those who insist, from the safety of climate-controlled conference rooms, that their states — recognized and not — have the right to pre-emptive “self defence.”
But strip away the mask of obscurity and censorship and beneath the layers of euphemism you find an altogether different face. The face beneath is that of a young child, perhaps 10 or 11 years old, whose facial flesh has been cut in half by the edges of a jagged metal shard. The purple, blood-encrusted seams of her flesh have been sewn back together with erratic black stitches. This is the face that bears the scars of other men’s furor, the face that must be hidden from other men’s followers lest the true cost of “righteous” ends render the means abhorrent.
There are two faces of war. Which one can see you?
Joe Nittoly
July 25, 2006
We need weapons the only target those with war in their harts and leave the innocents alone. Maybe then the war makers on all sides could slowly exterminate themselves leaving only the innocent hearts behind.
Cheers,
Paul.
Michele says ‘Hi!’
Paul Sveda
July 28, 2006
Hi there! Am visiting from Michele’s.
Happy weekend!
Viamarie
July 28, 2006
I’ve always wished that the leaders of the country that are at war, would fight each other and leave the rest of us alone.
Common Sense Beauty
August 10, 2006