Celebrating Freedom by Seeking Peace
Monday night my husband and I watched the documentary “Why We Fight” which opens with Eisenhower’s farewell speech warning the American people of not becoming beholden to the “military industrial complex.” Much of the film is about situating our current national obsessions with war in historical and economic context. Essentially, the war machine is profitable, so it will keep being fed. It was one of those films that fueled my anger at this war we are engaged in because of its compelling and precise arguments. Then all day yesterday I was in a bit of a funk, in part because