As the war in Gaza and Ukraine rages on, a nuclear weapons showdown has ignited between Iran and Israel, and their nuclear programs are causing global concern.
We live in an era where the technology flourishes and its successes even threaten human existence, but at the same time, the continuous wars, progressing from bad to worse, not only threaten but also take the lives of thousands of people every day. The unprecedented progress of science aiming at a better life for people, while at the same time wars act ruthlessly for their destruction. Is this the human destiny? The Lord trains a people, whom he wants to destroy!
As the war At Gauze and to Ukraine continues mercilessly, ignite a fire nuclear weapons between Iran and Israel and their nuclear programs are causing global concern. One country is launching drones at the other, their leaders are promising each other revenge and harsh punishment, and the conflict remains at a high, and particularly worrying, level. The well-known advice of a Roman military writer “si vis pacem, para bellum” is used as an excuse for the arms race. But its deeper meaning is the prevention of conflicts, by preparing a strong defense, which ensures peace.
In this unhealthy environment that saddens the people, the competent services come every now and then to diplomatically and particularly provocatively confirm that no increase in radioactivity levels in the atmosphere has been observed!
People have progressed, they no longer fight with rifles... with a drone the goal is secured, we don't need heroes... the machines must be good! The competition between countries is now based on the ability to possess nuclear weapons.
Yannis Koutsocheras' book "The Signs of the Times. War. Polemology", written in French: Les signes des temps. Polemos. Polemologie, many years ago and translated into Greek in 2021, is timeless and useful for our time, which is threatened worldwide by wars. The author becomes prophetic when "instead of an epilogue" he writes: "The signs of the times, these alarm codes, warn us of the danger. If we do not quickly neutralize the satanic geniuses, we will have to wait for the Day of Judgment, not of course, the divine Judgment of the naive era of the year 1000, but a different one, more feasible and therefore even more painful."
Mrs. Stella Priovolou is an emeritus professor, president of the Body of Emeritus Professors of the National University of Athens, and director of the Parnassos Philological Association Schools.
