Kegs

[H2O Man]

4. Right.

I know that many of us had hoped that President Obama would be able to change the direction that our nation has been on for too long. What Ike originally planned to call the “military-industrial-congressional complex” is purely mechanical, in that it systematically trains soldiers to fight; sends them into regions of the globe where tensions are high; and seeks a profit-driven outcome. Senator Obama communicated that he was conscious of this, and promised to do his best to end such policies.

We’ve witnessed how the republicans in Congress have attacked him for simply abiding by the Bush agreement to withdraw US troops from Iraq. What fewer Americans are aware of is that in his first term, when he sought to end America’s military presence in Afghanistan, the military informed him that he did not have the authority/ power to do so. Thus, while I recognize Obama is responsible for his actions, I am not attempting to lay “blame” on him, or him alone.

The truth is, as Dr. King was so well aware, real change can not be instituted because one individual undergoes the transformation from unconscious to conscious -- for if it could, Dr. King’s life would have resolved racism, poverty, and militarism in America. No, to make serious changes, it requires a much larger number of citizens to undergo that same transformation.

We need to become global citizens, who are fully aware of our relationship to this living entity we call earth.