With Korean Veterans being acknowledged more now, reflections on lessons to learn from history

From the Northwest Chatter FB group page (likely closed but with a few thousand members) I saw Brian Ohler shared a timely post with important details and insights about the Korean War veterans. I'll see if I can post it here. Sincere thanks to all who serve in the armed forces and other capacities to protect our country and serve the greater good of the world. It's up to citizens to weigh in seriously on what happened in the past and is going on currently as well as the future.

We likely all need to learn more about 'what goes on behind the scenes' of what we are told in our mainstream media and even what many politicians know. Steven Greer and others assert there are many important current matters to be informed about for our collective safety.

Those who were in wars, recognized and otherwise, as well as all abuse victims or victims of crime or even people who have had major conflicts and challenges have discovered there's 'an inner game or belief that there's more to learn than to relinquish hope'.

Sometimes the challenges play out loudest in one's closest circles, but other times the 'battles are being fought' on levels we can't reach or don't know about. So we all have a role in learning the possibilities and giving ourselves and others a fair chance at living our lives as we would hope to see play out in terms of fairness, decency and even political strategies. For women and many people of color the message that 'they don't count, don't matter and can't make a difference' has been instilled deeply over many centuries.

Only in the past hundred years or so have women had the right to vote. Likely the leadership making decisions about war are not necessarily informed or concerned about the reality of the casualties or consequences to most people involved or the country. That is the theory that needs to be considered as quite possible (and with much physical even for the recent 9/11 travesty being 'other than what we've been led or fed to believe.) That is the kind of courage and steadfast consideration we need to have for our modern times when we are aware that the common good is not the bottom line.

Rather, as many writers and activists have revealed, it's about money and power for a minute percent of the population (a fraction of 1%) making many key decisions that affect the rest (over 99%) and oh yes, the waters and the earth and of course, the air we breathe. So let's consider the wars and difficulties humanity has suffered and try to understand that we may still be 'fighting almost invisible enemies'. Some say we can maybe win them over with love, with forgiveness and so on. That likely can be part of it, yet we also need to learn what we can do now in practical ways to not deny or stay ignorant of pressing matters.

There's only so much time and resources to figure out a Better Plan for the majority of people on the plan-it so we can look at one another as team players, which would make us all heroes even for trying and accomplishing more in that domain rather than committing to remaining 'clueless' since that's the main message from our media and far too many leaders.. As one bit of sage advice goes..."When the people will lead, the leaders will follow..." Let's hope that can happen in this next critical decade. See the book Planet Hot and 350.org as well as noliesradio.org for various 'possibilities' and more youtube.

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