Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

war

  • Many want to paint war as virtuous, distorting the mercy of God as weak. These would steal your soul and have you thank them.

  • The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.

  • War messes with our moral compass. But it is the sense of inevitability that does far more damage. Our work is to enforce those boundaries.

  • The story of our failure reveals the opportunity for connection: that the point is not to seek the mountain, but each other.

  • We associate it with candy and flowers. The side of Valentine’s Day we rarely see is the side in which its true power resides.

  • The keen hawk is too flattering an image for those who perpetually push for war. We need something far more short-sighted.