“But I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, then Facism and Communism, aided, unconsciously perhaps, by oldline Tory Republicanism, will grow in strength in our land.”
~~Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 4, 1938
Make peace, not war. The Iraq war and the conflicts in Afghanistan, et al, are immoral. Those who perpetuate war to make money are the worst of the worst, placing greed above all, worshipping "Mammon". Many of those warhawks are nominally Christian. What does Jesus teach that promotes war above peace? I thought He was The Prince of Peace! Shame on those who war on others for profit, who sacrifice soldiers and civilians on their altar of needless death.
I honor those who fight over there, yet decry those who send them. It is unneccessary, a waste of humanity! I sorrow for the men, women, and children slaughtered in the name of Mammon. When will it stop? When will our elected Congress stop enabling the death-dealers, the warhawks who had no courage to fight when they were called in their youth! Shame, shame!
"Blessed are the peacemakers..."
Q.
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