War is Never Ending

American Citizens are blind to war. This picture represents how we have become immune to war and oblivious to our country's current wars around the world. The blindfolds represent how our citizens do not realize what our military is doing. If the U.S. citizens only knew what our military was doing, it would open our eyes to all its activities. We watch men, women and children die on T.V. almost every night and we became immune to it. In the picture, the American Flag is turned upside down. I believe this represents how upset other countries are with the United States as we try to impose our will. We try to force other countries to be more like us, but in reality, they may not have the will, nor desire, to change. The bones and the blood at the bottom of the picture represent how many millions of people have died in war, and the gray skies above foreshadow that war will continue for years to come. War never seems to have an ending no matter who we are fighting against. The United States has been at war ever since its existence. “The U.S. has never gone a decade without war.” War is never the answer.

Fig 37. Cliff Joseph, My Country, Right or Wrong, 1968