The “peace on earth” message sure did take a back seat this season.

Lotsa God and Jesus cards from relatives, but nobody had the “Peace on Earth” message this year. It wasn’t on any of the cards I got.

Is it possible that this very idea is now considered too edgy, even Coulterishly “treasonous”?

I had actually been pondering this as I started taking down the Christmas cards. Turns out I’m not the only one to have noticed the lack. The humorous Brainsnap wished everyone “War on Earth” this holiday season.

A bit of reflection will reveal to even the most egg nog-addled among us that realization of peace on earth will undercut the very reason for our troops. What good would soldiers be in such a world? They might as well be Peace Corps volunteers or construction workers.

As the implicit policy of the current crop of politicians is ‘War without end,’ the best way to support our troops is to therefore support the leaders already in power. Stay the course!

National necessity trumps religious motivation in this case.

So instead, we wish a patriotic, conflict-laden season of escalating antagonism, narrow-minded ideologically-fueled vitriol and reactionary intolerance. May it blossom into ever-expanding misunderstanding and flowing red bloodshed.

So – to the people who, knowing my beliefs and history, sent me those cards (you know who you are), I have one request: lay off on that made-up froth about the “war on Christmas” while this is where you stand on its fundamental message.

(P.S. I’m adding Brainsnap to my blogroll. I enjoyed much of what I saw there. The first thing that made me laugh out loud was “Jack Bauer Pushes for Eight Hour Work Day“. )