War Anonymous. Recognizing and Going Beyond Addiction

[shance]

Billions of people worldwide are affected by humanity's violence and their country's warmaking policies. The following questions are designed to help you come to the conclusion that your country has a problem with an addiction to war.


Do you worry about how much and how often your country goes to war?

Do you, your family or any member have money problems because of your country's warmaking?

Does your country tell lies to cover up the horrors of war and the reasons for going to war?

Do you feel that if your country cared about you as a citizen it would stop sending your children to war for corporate profit and greed?

Does your country create a perpetual enemy of one kind or another?

Do your country’s war making policies frequently get you upset?


Does your country's war making make meal-time an unpleasant experience?

Does your country's warmaking compel you to threaten others such as, “If you don’t support the war, then get out of the country" or "Love it or leave it?".

Does your country encourage you to secretly spy on those who don’t support war?

Do you fear the country will go to war against you if you do not support your country's war?

Have you been hurt or embarrassed by your country’s war making behavior?

Has your country spoiled holidays and gatherings because of its war making?

Has your country created the fear that your children may be drafted and sent to yet another war?

Does your country encourage you to find new enemies in other countries and encourage you to accept going to war with them?

Does your country ask you to willingly and without question offer up your children to the commander-in-chief for making perpetual war?

Does your country's warmaking compel you to refuse social invitations out of fear of meeting people who may not agree?

Does your country consider you a failure because you cannot or do not participate in warmaking?

Does your country project that if it stopped making war your reasons for supporting it would disappear?

Does your country's warmaking encourage you to hurt anyone while showing support for making war?

Does your country's warmaking have you feeling angry, confused or depressed most of the time?

Does your country foster a patriotism that everyone should always support any war it makes?


If in conclusion these questions determine that your country is addicted to war, then in typical 12-step fashion the suggested steps for weaning the country off of the military-industrial-complex addiction are offered.



Jozef Hand-Boniakowski

http://www.metaphoria.org/ac4t0405b.html

[dennisnyc]

1. this is great. Can i suggest as a corollary to question #2:

Have you or your family gotten RICH because you/they know that the corporate government of the united states can be relied on to engage in perpetual war?

[shance]

2. Unfortunately I didn't write this. Mr. Boniakowski did, but its

another valid question to be sure*

:)

[dennisnyc]

3. re Question 5: the day the Berlin Wall fell i said to myself,

"maybe i'll learn arabic, i'm sure The New Enemy will be in the arab world."

[shance]

4. Did you really? That's rather prophetic.

You may have a knack there.

;)

[dennisnyc]

5. watching the "Cold War" i thought the warmongers were

actually friends that liked "playing war." If the Evil Empire wasn't going to play war with the mighty US, it's not to hard to imagine that we could find another friend to play war with. The Yugos weren't too good at it, but Sad Hussain was OK. Now, U bin Laden, he's a great war playing friend!!! The global warmongers love him--imagine he might play for a long time. Hence, at tora bora, we had to let him go. Or the game might end too soon.... :(