We need new leaders
Almost every day the media report about soldiers being killed or injured in combat. We summarize these reports by saying: a few more killed, a dozen killed, one hundred killed.
A young guy, 24 years old about to marry his girlfriend. She lost her father when she was 18 and he helped her recover her grief. Before he left for war, he bought a house for them to live in when he would get back. It was a house close to the woods, because they both really liked nature. They wanted to have children together in a few years.
A boy, 18 years old who grew up very poor. He wanted to see something of the world and thus joined the army. He was an only child and his mother was a single mother. His father left when he was little. During training camp he saw Germany for the first time. The beauty of mountains amazed him and he wrote his mother a postcard telling her how much he loved it there.
These stories could be the stories of “a few more killed”. These soldiers are people, real people with hopes, dreams and family. In an interview I heard one soldier say that it was not important whether the soldiers themselves believed in the war they fought. Their governments should figure out where they fight and why. However leadership many times is inadequate deciding on the army’s faith. Diplomacy is often not enough and wars are fought over the wrong reasons: land, money, and resources, power the list goes on.
This just shows how important our leadership is and how important elections (if any) are. Just imagine what would have happened in the Cuba missile crisis if different, less charismatic and diplomatic leaders were leading world’s superpowers. The great leaders of this world did not take violence as a means to an end. However, we are fighting many violent conflicts all over the world. Hopefully, the new leadership will be stronger and find ways to solve these conflicts. We need strong leadership.
A young guy, 24 years old about to marry his girlfriend. She lost her father when she was 18 and he helped her recover her grief. Before he left for war, he bought a house for them to live in when he would get back. It was a house close to the woods, because they both really liked nature. They wanted to have children together in a few years.
A boy, 18 years old who grew up very poor. He wanted to see something of the world and thus joined the army. He was an only child and his mother was a single mother. His father left when he was little. During training camp he saw Germany for the first time. The beauty of mountains amazed him and he wrote his mother a postcard telling her how much he loved it there.
These stories could be the stories of “a few more killed”. These soldiers are people, real people with hopes, dreams and family. In an interview I heard one soldier say that it was not important whether the soldiers themselves believed in the war they fought. Their governments should figure out where they fight and why. However leadership many times is inadequate deciding on the army’s faith. Diplomacy is often not enough and wars are fought over the wrong reasons: land, money, and resources, power the list goes on.
This just shows how important our leadership is and how important elections (if any) are. Just imagine what would have happened in the Cuba missile crisis if different, less charismatic and diplomatic leaders were leading world’s superpowers. The great leaders of this world did not take violence as a means to an end. However, we are fighting many violent conflicts all over the world. Hopefully, the new leadership will be stronger and find ways to solve these conflicts. We need strong leadership.
posted by Floor @ 2:44 AM
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