Strength through Peace??

What a dumb ass thought. Well intentioned and hopeful I'm sure, but another sorry attempt at a flawed philosophy.

This was a bumper sticker I saw on a Hybrid today.

Ronald Reagan, 20 some years ago, came up with the one of the most profound phrases of our generation. Peace through Strength.

Let's analyse this for a second. Peace through Strength. I interpret this as if I'm the baddest MF'er on the block (Strength), who really wants a piece of this? Therefore (Peace.)

Let's face it, no matter how nice you are, now matter how many good deeds you do (Peace), there is someone out there who won't like you. Whether it be the way you lead your life, your beliefs, or what you have. And someday, sometime, someone will challenge you to change or to take it.

If Mr. Mean sees two people on a street corner, Mr Peace and Mr Strength, who is the mark? The weak or the strong.

What strength do you achieve by peace? Yippee........ maybe a nice majority will like you, but there's still the lunatic who doesn't and you're weak ass will be primed for raping.

The last time I checked we don't live in Fantasy land.