on war

So when it comes to war, I'm not sure how to define my stance. Overall, I'm a pacifist and think war is always wrong. New rule: Mankind never gets to say it is divinely created, enlightened or intelligent while blowing the shit of another country.
But...
I know fighting can be inevitable. Even the Tao Te Ching refers to defending oneself and, let me tell you, I embrace this philosophy as wholeheartedly as I do my pacifism. You take a swing at me buster, you best prepare for some knuckle sammies. Not very Christ-like I suppose but a) I'm not a Christian and b) modern Christians rarely follow this admonition anyway.

Now, some will argue that war and defending oneself is much the same thing. They see war as a good thing, a thing to be practiced often. Peace is not an option; only killing and bloodshed. They revel in this power. These sorts of humans brag of "military might" and having "the best trained, finest Army in the world" just as Napoleon did or Caesar before him. They lust for fighting and dominance, dominance over the whole Earth. Does it truly make a difference if these mad men are Americans and not Germans? Since when is killing and destruction a virtue to anyone but the fabled denizens of Hell itself? War is a poisonous goo filling their hearts and thoughts with taking a hill or planning bombing raids never mind the collateral damage.
That's what I just don't get or put my head around. How can one delight in the slaughter of war? But it is so. I see it daily. There are millions of my fellow Americans who see war as glorious and divinely sanctioned and are proud to send our soldiers into death, cheering along like a Roman cheering gladiators into the colloseum arena.
War is not sport but it has been transformed into one in these modern times where we can watch the participants play on Youtube or CNN. It's like a live action video game except when our soldiers die they don't get to hit the reset button and try the level again.
Like any good sport, war has it's owners and sponsors. The owners, the federal government, makes sure their warriors are paid for while paying these "treasured" soldiers the least amount of money possible. The sponsors pay for the right to get their ads shown. Like Lockheed-Martin, Haliburton or the makers of those Bible quoting gun scopes. Yes, war is profitable for everyone but those actually doing the fighting and dying in them.

I can hear some folk now. Hey, we didn't want this war, it was forced upon us when we were attacked! We need this war to preserve our way of life!
Really? And just how was your way of life threatened? By 9/11? Don't be obtuse. Further, the American people don't really know what happened on 9/11 except for the doctored Bush/Cheney description of events. Were we truly attacked by foreign nationals angry with American troops on Muslim soil or did the greed of the twisted and illegitimate Bush administration allow a Pearl Harbor to occur just so they could get us to go along with invading Iraq? No one knows with 100% certainty because the truth was denied the American people by the Bush cover up and anyone who claims to know the true version of events that day is a liar.
I know, these twisted fuckers thought that invading Iraq would be easy and we'd be greeted with flowers and chocolates, hailed as liberators but no people likes to be invaded and robbed of their natural resources by an aggressive occupier so it became a "hard slog". Oops.

In the next 10 years or so, China is going to start flexing her muscles. Already the fastest growing economy in the world, the Chin look to expand and do business their way. They also outnumber us something like 4 to 1. Already they have attacked us through cyberspace and stolen this country's most sensitive military and classified secrets. They already possess the ability to knock our satellites out of the sky. Can you imagine? The armed forces of the United States can't communicate, all our smart technology useless, our guidance systems inoperable. They also have upgraded nuclear capabilities.
Had the Bushies done the right thing on their watch, 9/11 wouldn't have happened, period. It did though and rather then fight terrorism with the law, the Bushies decided to go to war. Sure, if their scheme had worked they would be heroes right now and the whole Middle East would be our exclusive gas pump to the planet but it didn't work. Instead our forces are mired down in never ending warfare.
How do you suppose we will fend of the Chinese?