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As I’ve gotten older I’ve begun to value peace more and more. It wasn’t always that way. In fact, as a young boy growing up in the UK, I was totally immersed in war. And the highlight of each week was the publication of the latest “war comics” which were very common in Britain in those days. These were the wonderful tales of heroism and victory over the German “hun”, and they certainly shaped my early consciousness.

One unexpected by-product of my avid reading of these war comics was that I began to discover some artistic talent and started drawing detailed images of mostly German military hardware – airplanes, tanks and the like. Even then, at my rather tender age, I recognised the military innovation of the Germans. This keen interest in German firepower earned me the nickname “Fritz” – which stayed with me into my early 20s.

My son still has those original comics – some apparently valued at $90 or more per edition on eBay! Not that he’s selling.

My youthful admiration of war not withstanding, I have come to the conclusion that war, far from defending and enlarging freedom, is in fact the enemy of freedom. No war has ever been fought that has not dehumanised those involved in some way, that has not had undesirable unintended consequences, and which has not resulted in ever greater powers being seized by, or granted to, the state.

President Obama, the misnamed Nobel Peace Laureate, sees peace as the militaristic provision of security – and unwittingly or otherwise fills the world with armaments, threats of war and ultimately the complete destruction of true security.

I value freedom more than anything else. To me freedom means being able to think what I want, say what I want, and take action as I want – while obviously granting that same right to others. When I look at war and the threat of war, all I can see is the trashing of freedom – and it gets me really angry.

For those of you who also have a passion for peace and freedom, I urge you to read this compelling essay by Chris Floyd – Unnatural Acts: Breaking The Fever of Militarism.