Musical Genius - Political Moron

John Lennon was gunned down in front of his apartment building in NYC. He was a true believer. He believed in peace. He actively engaged in selling the ethos of non-violence. He was gunned down. He died from gunshot trauma. He believed in peace but he was killed by violence. This is an important lesson. He chose peace but it didn't make a difference to the man that chose violence.

John Lennon could have had security. He could have had a small private army of men willing to violence on his behalf to protect his life and privacy. A small private army that he wouldn't use to force people to buy recordings of his wife's screeching. Not to intimidate or threaten other people. Just a small army to eliminate clear and present threats.

John Lennon was a musical genius but he didn't have an understanding of history that provided deep perspective on the asymmetrical nature of conflict. Choosing peace cannot protect you. Only the threat of violence or the application of violence can protect you from someone that chooses violence. the deaths of Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. should have taught him something.

I wish John Lennon had worn kevlar and contracted a PSD from Blackwater.

Surrendering in the War on Terror in the name of peace will not make you safer.