Rush this country into war

by Ted Rudow III, MA (Tedr77 [at] aol.com)

Thu, Apr 30, 2015 2:05PM

Where 100 years ago this week over 1,000 female peace activists gathered from around the world to call for an end to war. The extraordinary meeting, known as the International Congress of Women, took place as World War I raged across the globe, and marked the formation of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

It was organized by Dutch suffragist Dr. Aletta Jacobs. The event took place in The Netherlands because of its neutral position during World War I. Two future Nobel Peace Prize winners took part in the U.S. delegation: Jane Addams, the co-founder of Hull House, and the sociologist Emily Greene Balch.

Another veteran, Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who served in combat in Vietnam was even more blunt. "It is interesting to me that many of those who want to rush this country into war and think it would be so quick and easy don't know anything about war," he said. "They come at it from an intellectual perspective vs. having sat in jungles or foxholes and watched their friends get their heads blown off."

"Politicians start wars." War as a distraction. Ernest Hemingway had today's politicians pegged while most of them were still in short pants.

Ted Rudow III, MA

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