Religious wars are old hat. It's time for a new spring chapeau–and that's masculine in French. It's sad that religious combat throughout history has been committed by male leaders to force human beings into a required religious mold.
Dear Ones,
When soldiers are sent abroad to train other nations for battles, the mission crawl begins as armed forces are themselves forced to do more than train. The very word "mission" is a biblical Medieval term that's associated with rival ideologies. Sadly for self-preservation the trainers soon become part of the slaughter.
Half the wars in Europe and all its internal struggles have been fueled from theological differences, chaos and disputes that also ooze into turf wars for power, control, land and natural resources.
Lumped together as biased spoils of war, these religious world atrocities cause "youthinasia" of sacrificed soldiers for the so-called "glory" of war. No matter what nation it erupts from, terrorism and violence in the name of "God"–a generic term for deity–is a form of insidious aggression.
When the former US president said "God sent him to attack Iraq" the mission was not over. It was the fuse that set the Middle East into new turmoil. The world is now reaping another harvest of straw men–fronts for the endless circle of religious revenge.
Mame,
helenesmith1.blog spot.com
