Military
I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour in a museum. Ever. I'm just not one to stand around while my knees hurt listening to kids screaming loudly. Yesterday I went to Turkey's largest military museum, and although I didn't spend more than an hour there, I was mesmerized the entire time and I'm very eager to go back and see more. That fact scares me. Why did this military museum intrigue me so much? Why was I so captured by it?
The truth is that the military has been on my mind more and more over the last three months. I was very interested in West Point years ago, but I was sure that interest had gone away after coming to college, having diverse experiences, joining AIESEC, etc. However, much to my surprise, I've been drawn to the military in recent months. This is all at the same time that a number of friends and I are trying to persuade our good buddy not to enlist in August.
I'm a firm believer in the idea that we are all products of our individual experiences. I wonder, what the hell happened along the way that produced interest in the military? Who was it that I met, or what did I experience that influenced me in such a direction? I'm really curious to figure out why I walked down the halls of the exhibits completely silent and awe-inspired.
The other truth is that this interest in the military partly disgusts me. Recent events involving the largest, most active, and most advanced military in the world have brought my soul to tears; from massacres of innocent civilians, to the glorification of murder, it's completely atrocious. However, all the while loathing the institution, the @er comes out of me, in the fact that I see the need for more responsible and aware leadership in the military. AIESEC is all about leadership development, and what is needed in militaries across the world are the kind of leaders AIESEC creates. I see an incredible need in the US military for role models and leaders with a global perspective.
I'm not saying I'm going to just jump up and join the military when done with AIESEC US. These are just reflections on current events, as well as attempts to understand how the values I believe in can associate with such an institution. If anyone has any ideas or advice, please let me know.
The truth is that the military has been on my mind more and more over the last three months. I was very interested in West Point years ago, but I was sure that interest had gone away after coming to college, having diverse experiences, joining AIESEC, etc. However, much to my surprise, I've been drawn to the military in recent months. This is all at the same time that a number of friends and I are trying to persuade our good buddy not to enlist in August.
I'm a firm believer in the idea that we are all products of our individual experiences. I wonder, what the hell happened along the way that produced interest in the military? Who was it that I met, or what did I experience that influenced me in such a direction? I'm really curious to figure out why I walked down the halls of the exhibits completely silent and awe-inspired.
The other truth is that this interest in the military partly disgusts me. Recent events involving the largest, most active, and most advanced military in the world have brought my soul to tears; from massacres of innocent civilians, to the glorification of murder, it's completely atrocious. However, all the while loathing the institution, the @er comes out of me, in the fact that I see the need for more responsible and aware leadership in the military. AIESEC is all about leadership development, and what is needed in militaries across the world are the kind of leaders AIESEC creates. I see an incredible need in the US military for role models and leaders with a global perspective.
I'm not saying I'm going to just jump up and join the military when done with AIESEC US. These are just reflections on current events, as well as attempts to understand how the values I believe in can associate with such an institution. If anyone has any ideas or advice, please let me know.
posted by amartin4 at 5:30 AM
1 Comments:
Yeah, it's been on my mind too. I actually found this page by typing military AIESEC into google.
I'll go if you go.
Costa
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