What we presently see before us in society is a perfect reflection of who we are, both good and bad.
A government, no matter how corrupt, unscrupulous, or manipulative is a reflection of its people.
We cannot blame the military for being what it is, because the military of any country is a reflection of the country itself.
Military personnel represent a special class of super-victims.
Military recruiters sit like vultures preying upon the poor, oppressed and marginalized.
To risk one's life for the sake of others is heroic, but to risk one's life in the support of maleficence is villainy.
By disobeying immoral orders, that individual preserves the institution's highest rank — dignity.
Morality is a leadership quality which cannot be mechanized, mass-produced, and marshaled at will by any institution.
There is a base impulse in humans, which when kindled and set free, will even burn-up the hand that set the spark.
Humanity needs leadership from a loving-strength possessed by individuals who see the broader commonality between all people.