Post III – Rearm or Heal
A Voice from the Grassroots: Choose Peace
"You cannot bomb your way to peace.
You cannot bury your fear in weapons."
To the leaders of this fractured continent,
To those who speak of safety while pouring fuel on the fire—
We do not write in anger.
We write from a wound that never stops bleeding.
You speak now of budgets, of threats, of rearmament.
You say it is time to invest in guns, not gardens.
In borders, not bridges.
In conflict, not care.
But we remember.
We remember what real strength looks like.
We remember the Ireland that chose peace over pride.
That laid down the gun and lifted up the hand.
💣 Europe’s New Priority: Arm or Perish
Across the continent, you draw up plans for €800 billion in military escalation.
You call it Readiness 2030.
You dress it in urgency and cloak it in fear.
Denmark has left the Frugal Four—
Not to build schools, but stockpiles.
Not to heal the land, but to harden it.
“Rearming Europe is my number one priority,”
declared the Danish Prime Minister.
But when did we last make healing our number one?
When did a leader say:
“Let us plant again before we prepare to destroy”?
🏥 What We Are Not Funding
While you summon billions for bombs:
Our hospitals overflow.
Our nurses collapse.
Our waiting lists grow longer than our patience.
Our elders die in corridors,
while drones fly fully funded in foreign skies.
You say war is necessary.
We say: so is care.
🌱 A Different Kind of Readiness
We are not naïve.
We know the world is dangerous.
But we also know this:
You do not cure fear by feeding it.
You do not protect the future by poisoning the present.
You do not safeguard the people by starving them of hope.
Imagine €800 billion spent on:
Community clinics in every village
Seed banks and regenerative farms
Local energy, owned by the people
Conflict mediation rooted in justice
Education that teaches peace, not power
📢 We, the People of Éire, Call For:
🕊️ A new EU fund for Peace Infrastructure—healthcare, housing, healing
🧭 A full audit of arms industry lobbying in European parliaments
💡 A shift from military GDP targets to wellbeing investment benchmarks
🌍 A European Climate & Care Pact, not just a Defence Pact
We remember the famine.
We remember the bombs.
We remember when silence cost lives.
And we will not be silent now.
✨ This Is Our Line in the Soil
You ask us to choose sides.
We do.
We choose children over missiles.
Bread over bullets.
Hospitals over hellfire.
We choose to heal.
And we invite the world to join us.
With open hearts,
With unshaken hope,
With roots in peace deeper than your war machine,
People of Éire
For the Circle of Light
Under the Sigil of Remembrance
