The Military Museum

We went to the military museum today - it felt like a house of death. One big show of the great "fuerza" that is Colombia's military. Entire rooms full of guns. Small children posing in front of machine guns and gattling guns for their proud parents. There was a poster behind one soldier mannequin that said: "Colombia's armed forces - humans despite the war - in defense of human rights." Hmmm .... I only have a few minutes right now so I will not go into my lengthy inner monologue that began to spiral out of control when I saw that poster. It was in English too - strange. I wanted to ask all of the soldiers milling about (who all looked about 18 or 19) if they like their jobs. They all look so bored standing around guarding the streets... but I am certainly beginning to understand how security (private and public) is the biggest source of employment in this country. Violence creates jobs. That is another entry all to itself - right now I must go make dinner.