Those of us who value the earth, wonder also about the long term effects of this warfare and about the wholesale waste of precious resources. As women, I think we must change our tactics. It is not reasonable to think that putting women into public office and into the structures and mentalities designed by corporations and by governments controlled by those corporations will change the priorities. Our issues do not stop at our nation's boundaries. Women know that, as can be seen by the numbers of women who have organized peace movements in Latin America, Ireland, the Middle East.
Outside forces transform local interrelations.
The virulent hatred inspired by ethnic difference is not a normal community response but is created by political and economic forces from outside. It is here, in the middle of these emerging hatreds, that women need to stand. We must be there in force when this begins to happen. We need to predict events and get in place before they occur. We need to be at the doorstep of NATO demanding information and a voice.