Musings on war by an ordinary adult

8th April'03

'I TOLD YOU SO',SAID MY HUSBAND TO ME THE OTHER NIGHT,'YOU KEPT SAYING IT WONT HAPPEN BUT IT DID'.'I DIDNT WANT IT TO HAPPEN AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SELF DENIAL ,YOU CANT ACCUSE ME FOR NOT WANTING IT TO HAPPEN'.

THE HOT DISCUSSION WAS OFCOURSE THE ONGOING WAR.HE KEPT WARNING ME IT WAS ON ITS WAY AND I KEPT SAYING NO THERE WONT BE A WAR.BUT SADLY THE WAR CAME AND WE ARE WELL INTO THE 20TH DAY OF IT.YES WE SEE ALL THE PAPERS AND THE TV CHANNELS SHOWING IT TO US THROUGH MOVING PICTURES AND WORDS.THERE IS NO DIGNITY EVEN IN DEATH.

WHETHER THE WAR IS FOR POWER OR OIL OR ARMS I DONT KNOW WHAT I DO KNOW IS SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DYING OUT THERE AND THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHY.HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE BEING ORPHANED.FOR MOST OF US WAR GOING ON THE TV CHANNELS FOR MORE COVERAGE IS A PART OF THE DAY AND ONCE YOU SWITCH OFF THE TV ITS GONE BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THIS WAR DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

WE WERE HERE ONLY DURING THE GULF WAR IN '91BUT THAT TIME IT DIDNT SEEM SO HORRIFYING FOR ONE THERE WAS NO MINUTE TO MINUTE COVERAGE OF THE SAME BESIDES WE WERE YOUNG AT THAT TIME AND ABLE TO LET THINGS PASS US BY.NOW WE ARE THAT MUCH OLDER AND HAVE COMMITMENTS.WHEN I LOOK AT MY SON IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT THE WORLD IS COMING TO.HOW DO I EXPLAIN THE WAR TO HIM .WHAT DO I TELL HIM ABOUT ALL THE REFUGEES AND THE WAR ORPHANS.NO I HAVE NO ANSWER TO THESE AND JUST HOPE THAT HE DOESNT ASK ME THESE QUESTIONS.

THOUGH I AM A VERY POSITIVE PERSON THE WAR SHOWN ON THE TV AND DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IS HEART WRENCHING.THE PCITURES ARE HORRIFIC AND PATHETIC AT THE SAME TIME .THERE ARE SOME KIND SOULS WHO HAVE TRAVELLED FROM FAR AWAY COUNTRIES TO HELP THE WAR TORN PEOPLE AND KUDOS TO THEM.ALL I CAN DO IS SWITCH OFF THE TV AND PRAY.PRAYERS CAN WORK MIRACLES .THATS SOMETHING PREACHED BY ALL RELIGIONS.

I AM SURE THIS IS ONE ARGUEMENT MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO LOSE TO ME AND I WISH I HAD WON WITH 'THERE WILL BE NO WAR'.