It’s important as an informed citizen to be aware of our country’s foreign policy decisions, and that does require an awareness of the military actions of our allies, our adversaries, and ourselves.
But this does not mean being glued to “War TV” every waking minute of the day, which for most of us is a voyeuristic distraction from our life’s purpose.
Get more politically involved, or don’t. Send money to an aid organization, or don’t. Join the military, or don’t. Use the horror of war as an inspiration to write an anti-war novel, or don’t. Use the current geopolitical firestorm as motivation to live your own life more fully, or don’t.
Take action, or don’t.
But please, don’t just sit in front of the TV and consume CNN or Fox News like it’s the next Mandalorian episode.