President John F Kennedy once said, 'Mankind must put an end to
war, or war will put an end to mankind.'
There may have been a time whereby war served a negative good, but
the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates the possibility
that war can really be that precise and even serve any good at
all.
Bush says he has many medical personnel on standby, its like a kid
saying to another at the playground, here's 50 bucks to see a doc
before beating him up.
The UN is a gesture in the direction of nonviolence on a world
scale, there at least, states that oppose each other seek to do so,
with words rather than weapons.
We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
War is not the answer to terrorism nor to Saddam.
They will never be defeated by the use of violence, they will only
respond with the same means. Whilst they may be disarmed, or
quietened, the unmistakable pain it creates on those caught in the
path of its whirlwind, in the process of doing so, is lifelong. 911
bereaved should remember that.
