OK, then. Who ARE the wagers of peace? Where should we look for the brains to really envision acheivable goals in this direction, come up with the brilliant strategems and campaigns?

I can think of one really interesting intersection of sets that could be a resource pool: mothers and admen. We should scour PR and advertising firms for women who are ALSO mothers, and I bet we would find some candidates!!

May doctors or alternative healers could provide a few likely leads. And let there be plenty of music lovers on the staff.

Maybe we should get a rare female Admiral to be the figurehead so she can kick Senators and such around with vigah when they get to obstreperous about their military-industrial voters.

Instead of rows upon rows of steely, bomb-heavy bombers flanked by jetplanes armed with death, we could have air cavalcades of manned balloons sprinkling brochures and dirigibles in bright colors flying low and playing music.

Come to think of it, if we just spent the money we spend organizing, manning, and building for war on training giant music camps, where the sergeants turned out qualified quartets, pickers, orchestras, conductors, song writers and performers, etc. we could enlist all the unemployed of Afghanistan and turn out new heights of musical accomplishment!! Boot camp would be a hoot!! Large scale campaigns coordinated by conductors instead of generals!!

And that's just one branch!!

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