Peace...Through Superior Firepower

[JohnPaulus V Arcangel]

Peace: Envy of the human race. For the longest time humans have sought to acquire peace, but failed. My proof? To this day there is still conflict, and differences in idea about everything. Conflict as far as the eye can see .Is there even such thing as peace?

Well I think, if you refer to peace as a state that lasts forever, then there is no such thing. Peace is just an equilibrium in the relations of different groups of people. An equilibrium can only be maintained if both sides cancel each other out. If one side grows to strong, then that equilibrium is threatened.  Of course politics gave this concept a fancy name, deterrence. Deterrence, or deterrence theory is a concept that follows the "silver rule". Peace nowadays is possible through nuclear deterrence.

If anything the cold war is a perfect example of this. During the Cuban missile crisis, when Cuba agreed on letting Russia station nuclear weapons in Cuba, America protested to it greatly.  It was rather an unfair, and stupid move. America did not place any nuclear weapons on the Philippines, Japan, or Thailand at the time because they knew Russia would see that as a threat. That's just like having someone point a loaded gun at you. Wouldn't you protest to that?

People hesitate, they lose their nerve. That is how deterrence theory works. And unfortunately, for now at least, this is the only way peace can be assured. Sayings, and Ideas like " If everyone can only get along" are naive. There is no way to assure people to get along other than deterrence.

Aside from that I think people have a huge misconception about the terms "peace","war". When peace is threatened or disturbed, humans set out on campaigns who's aims are to "restore peace". I for one refuse to take part in an adventure that is metaphysically rooted in the destruction of an abstract and artificial concept like chaos, simply because, connotatively speaking, it is less desirable than the equally artificial term order.When will you people learn these are merely patterns that our temporal minds have made for us in a desperate attempt to make sense of an unimaginable, huge and impersonal universe?
Order? Chaos? War? Peace? These are words. Only words for things we do not even understand.
Chaos is not something you fight against. Order is not something you protect, They have no more power or importance than that which we give
them.
And I for one will not perpetuate the asinine paradigm that there is something inherently wrong about chaos, or order. Equilibrium, or deterrence is the only true peace. Now then, are there any objections?

 

[Gary Anderson]

The pictures seem to be showing up fine, John.  Must've been a temporary glitch.

[JohnPaulus V Arcangel]

Was the picture on here removed for a reason?

[JohnPaulus V Arcangel]

True Michael, but I don't think we have the technology to launch nuclear missiles quick enough to completely destroy our enemies, before they are able to launch theirs. Last I checked an ICBM travels at the rate of about 1500 mi/hr, so it would take about 30 mins for an ICBM to reach anywhere halfway across the globe. In that time the enemy can launch their ICBMs.

[Michael McWilliams]

What am I going to do about it is right before you do what every you are going to do no what are you going to do about it. With this logic the first to strike is the first to win. You just need to hit hard enough to make sure you win.

[Daniel An]

I totally agree with the fact that people always want more power than the others. We are reading the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn in my american studies class. even in that book it shows the racism which tells that white people are superior to the blacks. I think peace is a very valuable thing. I think everyone is equal and they should all be treated the same

[victor petrov]

one day one of my history teachers put the whole class into 6 different groups and gave us all different names... he told us "alright you guys r all diff. countries, do what ever you want for the next 2 days"... so right away all of us were thinking of ways to bomb each other and take over our neighbor's land... in the end my group (who had the best army) teamed up with another group (who had the best navy) and we took over everything... so we went up to our teacher n said that we won!!!! he said, no you all lost... the point im trying to make is that its in our blood to want more and more power.

[Wes Minar]

Three words. Mutually Assured Destruction.

[Ian Plank]

I think a way to fix the world is through the acceptance of others thoughts, beliefs, and customs.  Yes, this may be a little hard to do, but if we did, war would be hard to come by.  The only thing standing in the way is the fact that atleast one person in this world won't be able to accept something and we are back at square one.  Ain't it great to be human!(No)

[Max Plichta]

Wow, all I can say is well said. I excpecially like the fact that you compare peace to an equilibrium. And that the only way to maintain peace is through a cancelling effect. It's really a smack to the face once you realize that in reality there is slim to no chance of peace being maintained. There will alway be someone thats crosses the line.

[Bobby Mihov]

Thinking about it now...this makes more sense than any peace talk out in the world. If people talk of peace they ARE simply talking about an equilibrium of power until that balance shifts and one side builds up more nukes than the other. Really makes you think what an arms race really accumulates to....