Dwight D Eisenhower On Peace

2024-11-01 · Ho Chanh Nghia

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Dwight D Eisenhower On Peace

Between the public speeches and where the rubber meets the road

As progress in all these areas strengthens world trust, we could proceed concurrently with the next great work – the reduction of the burden of armaments now weighting upon the world. To this end we would welcome and enter into the most solemn agreements. These could properly include:

1. limitation, by absolute numbers or by an agreed international ratio, of the sizes of the military and security forces of all nations.
2. A commitment by all nations to set an agreed limit upon the proportion of total production of certain strategic materials to be devoted to military purposes.
3. International control of atomic energy to promote its use for peaceful purposes only and to insure the prohibition of atomic weapons.
4. A limitation or prohibition of other categories of weapons of great destructiveness.
5. The enforcement of all these agreed limitations and prohibitions by adequate safeguards, including a practical system of inspection under the United Nations.

… and here we are.

Sima Yi, a chancellor under Cao Cao, and also later seized the empire from Cao Cao’s son.

He has a few things to say about war and peace. In peace one must prepare for war. No empire can sustain wars after wars, and will soon crumble into ruins.

At the micro level, all martial artists with a good teacher will learn to avoid fighting. My kung fu teacher was willing to teach us everything from stick to knife. Yet, he is always adamant about avoiding fight. The main reason being, it is nearly impossible to fight an opponent without getting hit yourself. In a knife fight, you will get cut or stabbed. That’s just statistics at work, not a belief or superstitions.

The US, being the world’s greatest military might, holds world peace in the palm of its hand. Sadly, it has sold the world into a condition of subjugation to make a few men rich. Now the upcoming generations must pay the cost of greed from the previous generations. Billions of lives have to pay, for a few bad men to make a few more dollars that they do not need.