Fredskraft med i forsvarsforliget, tak!
Aldrig Mere Krig har henvendt sig til Forsvarsudvalget:Evnen til at hindre, dæmpe og afslutte konflikt er den vigtigste del af et lands forsvarsmuligheder.
Det er voldsomt lettere at starte en krig, end det er at afslutte den og skabe en varig fred. Indlysende ord, men vort land satser sine begrænsede milliarder på evnen til at kaste bomber, og hvad der så måtte komme bagefter, er der ingen tanke på.
"For meget panser, for lidt hjerne", lød parolen på en kendt smædeplakat imod militæret - illustreret med en dinosaurus, der uddøde af nævnte årsag. Budskabet er desværre ikke forældet, for det blev igen bekræftet med den seneste etape af forsvarsforliget.
Masser af nyt militært isenkram, og tusinder af nye værnepligtige, nu af begge køn. Sidstnævnte punkt har domineret debatten, som et sølle forsøg på lighed og nytænkning, for nu skal både kvinder og mænd lære at slå ihjel. Alle forberedes på krig, mens der fortsat intet fokus er på hvordan krigene kan afsluttes.
Danmark har satset på krigsmidler, men dette bør ikke stå i vejen for at få opbygget en tidssvarende kapacitet for konfliktløsning. Politikernes kollektive svigt må udbedres nu, og der er fortsat tid og penge til at udmønte dette indenfor forsvarsforliget: Skab en målrettet pulje til freds- og konfliktforskning, samt til udvikling af bredere ikke-militær konfliktløsning.
Til en begyndelse kunne der, for hver 10 kroner til militære løsninger, altid fast afsættes blot een øre til fredsopbygning. Det foreslåede beløb er bevidst ansat beskedent, så der ikke er økonomiske årsager til en afvisning - og puljen bør da også oprustes stærkt over tid. Men bliver blot den nævnte tusindedel af forsvarsforliget sat af til fredsformål nu, vil dette alligevel gøre en verden til forskel!
Vi har hidtil som nation kun bidraget med en ringere version af alle andres militære udflugter. De danske erfaringer med krigsførelse har langt fra givet resultater, der kan prales med. Danmark har bombet med i en lang række af mislykkede eksempler, som Afghanistan, Irak og Libyen. Indsatsen har hverken gavnet Danmark, de nedbombede lande og befolkninger, eller resten af verden.
Det er på høje tid at få omrustet til en stærk dansk fredskraft, med alternative og mere vellykkede metoder til konfliktløsning, tak!
Tom Vilmer Paamand - marts 2024
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.
Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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