Have we really learned anything?
Today marks the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, a day President Franklin Roosevelt said will live in infamy. And, indeed it has.
2335 U.S. citizens perished that day from a sneak attack without warning. An estimated 400,000+ of our compatriots died in the conflict that followed. All together, more than 75 million people worldwide died as a result of World War II.
Pearl Harbor Day is the opportune time to ask ourselves what the world has learned from these violent conflicts.
Perhaps nothing.
Today, powerful nations including the United States, China, Russia, Australia, India, France and Germany are all working to develop hypersonic warheads that can travel at the speed of 17,000 miles per hour. Talk about capacity to launch sneak attacks! What does winning that race accomplish? More loss of life? Who wins when that happens?
I think NOW is the time to get away from global insanity and to focus on what really matters for the future of our planet.
Food security
Global health
Education
Clean environment
Only when we fix those issues will peace and real security (to say nothing of brotherly love) follow for one and all. That’s worth thinking about on Pearl Harbor Day.
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