All the people in the world want peace. It's the leaders who mess it up

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

The Political leaders. The Religious leaders. They need conflict or they feel like they are not doing their job and earning their place in history. They must Triumph. Over something. The rest of us die for their vanity.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Hear, hear!

Well said.

[napi21]

2. I've posted it several times before, put them all in a big room and

lock the door! NOBODY comes out until they ALL reach an agreement on peace. If some do not emerge, so be it! If it takes months or years TS!

I realize this won't ever happen, but I really do think it's a great solution!!!!!

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. We need to stop following

Like sheep.

[TayTay]

4. If only they had to live with the consequences

and couldn't just helicopter away to a safe location. If only they had to hold the hands of the dying, watch people as they see all they have in the world get blown up or try to just get through a day in the presence of such horrible violence.

IF only they had to live with what they do, things might be different.

[knowbody0]

5. and their "loved ones"

are safely bunkered away when the bombs begin. they start wars that never touch them

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. I posted this because of a discussion at work today

Do the leaders of the world reflect the will of the people?At all? Anywhere? We do not have great statesmen with world respect anymore. Where is a Roosevelt? a Churchill?

If we have crappy leaders, do we deserve them? Do we deserve George Bush? Did the Germans deserve Hitler? Did the Iraqis deserve Saddam?

[havocmom]

7. 'Leadership' positions in most nations taken up by Corporate Puppets

There are no nations, only mega Corporations.

[Just Me]

9. No. We do NOT "deserve" these crazies.

They are fucking CRAZY UGLY human beings.

Of course, we don't "deserve" such scumbags imposing their will over us.

Does ANY victim deserve the savagery of a criminal? NO!!!!!

Nevertheless, being "victimized" by human barbarians doesn't mean we are forever victims. Quite the contrary, what I have seen with my own eyes are the power of peoples across the earth, including the U.S.A., taking a stand against human barbarianism.

Have you noticed that? I'll never forget it,...to the day I die. I was a part of that and will find peace because I took a stand with one race, the human race, against criminals.

[Just Me]

8. It's ALL about control over others.

Always has, always will be,...and there will be (has been/ARE) so called "leaders" who will rise to the top, initially (as shit does) and sink to the bottom (as shit does) in this toilet of humanity.

Nevertheless, we, human beings, are so incredibly graced with creativity and imagination and reason and spirit and compassion that, we will survive. On the other hand, some of us will push nature to the edge because we are also self-serving, "wanting", and always taking. Nevertheless, it's like a yin-yang, push-pull, constant emergence in which we live and die.

This is it. We have chosen our roles and live our lives until life stops for each and every one of us. What happens after that,...will either rest our souls or not.

Sorry. I'm being esoteric and philosophical. It's where I must be, for my life, for now.