El pasado lunes se celebró en Estados Unidos el Memorial Day, en recuerdo por los caídos. Con tal motivo, John Cox publicó en su diario el dibujo que se acompaña, basado en una frase de George S. Patton, ya conocido en estas páginas.
Ayer, día de San Fernando, Rey en España, III de ese nombre en Castilla, se celebró el día de las Fuerzas Armadas. De España, a pesar de la Excelentísima Señora Ministra.
Como sé que esta tropa no leerá, entre otros, el comentario al dibujo de Leslie Bates (al que no conozco), trascribo el inicio,… para que sigan sin leerlo:
“Now there are some folks, who regard themselves as morally superior beings, who question why the other bastard has to die. The answer of course is that the other bastard is attempting to impose his will, or the will of his leader, upon you by force. It is the act of coercion by force that makes what General Patton called the other bastard an enemy.
Peace is simply the absence of enemies.
But there are some folks, who pretend to be morally superior beings, who would have us believe that "peace" could be achieved by submission to the will of the other bastard. In reality this is not peace, it is slavery.
There are some well meaning people, some of whom that I respect, who believe that there are times that one cannot have both peace and freedom at the same time.
I have to disagree.
Liberty is simply the condition of existence in which the person is free to live his own life in accordance with his own rational judgment. This does of course require the absence of some other bastard who is attempting to impose his will upon the person by force.
In practical terms real peace and real freedom are inseparable.”
[Los destacados son míos.]
La clásica frase de “Si vis pacem, para bellum” ha sido denigrada como belicista. Naturalmente, quienes eso opinan no se han preocupado de entenderla. Simplemente, lo que se dice es que quien quiere la paz, o al menos, la ausencia de guerra declarada, debe dejar claro a un posible enemigo que luchará por su libertad: si el totalitario tiene suficientes sospechas de vencer, buscará hacerlo. Churchill y Patton lo sabían. Por eso, a uno no le hicieron caso (Munich del 38: nazismo), y al otro lo acabaron frenando y relegando (Viena del 45: comunismo). Pero esto son otras historias.
“Honor a todos los que dieron su vida por España”
Ayer, día de San Fernando, Rey en España, III de ese nombre en Castilla, se celebró el día de las Fuerzas Armadas. De España, a pesar de la Excelentísima Señora Ministra.
Como sé que esta tropa no leerá, entre otros, el comentario al dibujo de Leslie Bates (al que no conozco), trascribo el inicio,… para que sigan sin leerlo:
“Now there are some folks, who regard themselves as morally superior beings, who question why the other bastard has to die. The answer of course is that the other bastard is attempting to impose his will, or the will of his leader, upon you by force. It is the act of coercion by force that makes what General Patton called the other bastard an enemy.
Peace is simply the absence of enemies.
But there are some folks, who pretend to be morally superior beings, who would have us believe that "peace" could be achieved by submission to the will of the other bastard. In reality this is not peace, it is slavery.
There are some well meaning people, some of whom that I respect, who believe that there are times that one cannot have both peace and freedom at the same time.
I have to disagree.
Liberty is simply the condition of existence in which the person is free to live his own life in accordance with his own rational judgment. This does of course require the absence of some other bastard who is attempting to impose his will upon the person by force.
In practical terms real peace and real freedom are inseparable.”
[Los destacados son míos.]
La clásica frase de “Si vis pacem, para bellum” ha sido denigrada como belicista. Naturalmente, quienes eso opinan no se han preocupado de entenderla. Simplemente, lo que se dice es que quien quiere la paz, o al menos, la ausencia de guerra declarada, debe dejar claro a un posible enemigo que luchará por su libertad: si el totalitario tiene suficientes sospechas de vencer, buscará hacerlo. Churchill y Patton lo sabían. Por eso, a uno no le hicieron caso (Munich del 38: nazismo), y al otro lo acabaron frenando y relegando (Viena del 45: comunismo). Pero esto son otras historias.
“Honor a todos los que dieron su vida por España”