What is so special? 2

All the suffering and difficulties in the relative reality is proof of the power and specialness of mind. All problems depend on mind.
Hunger and illness are mind problems. Hunger used to be a tremendous problem, and as long as we tried to solve it manually by having a lot of people working in the fields, the effect was meager. Now when the problems have been solved by mind and the work is done by a few specialists and heavy equipment we can get the food we need.
So it is with everything. A lot of progress has taken place the last one hundred years, but many problems remain. One cause for this is that most people must start from the beginning when they are born. Their development can be extremely fast - traversing one million years of history in maybe ten years of life today - but it must be passed and a lot of dangers wait along the way.
We also have lingering problems between nations, religions, languages and other traditions.
If we focus on problems as external, concerning matter or energy, progress will be comparatively slow. If we see all problems where they are - on mind level - we might solve them faster.

Free minds

Six years after the start of the war in Iraq...

Saddam Hussein is dead, and so are some 90 000 other Iraqis, and more than 4 000 American soldiers.

For a child, six years is a long time. Those who were ten years old when the war started are 16 now. What kind of schooling have they received? What have they learned about human nature and human brutality outside school?

Militarily, the war was short, but the reconstruction of Iraq takes long time. The reason is obvious: lack of knowledge and experience. There is no lack of weapons.

Economically the war has been expensive.

So next time a dictator is asked to answer for his actions, the best option is to use an international tribunal.

Then we save 100 000 human lives, a generation of young people and a lot of money. And we avoid a lot of material destruction.

Is this realistic? Could be.