Subj : Power of Love To : All From : Lee Lofaso Date : Sat Sep 13 2014 08:47 pm Hello Everybody, Shame on our President! I am deeply saddened by the words that our President, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, uttered the other night, again calling on the American people to go to war. I am also deeply saddened that so many of my fellow Americans have chosen to protest those actions, remaining in the comfort of their own homes while our mercenary soldiers do as they have been told by their dear leader. Where are those patriotic Americans who stood up to be counted during the Vietnam War, protesting the injustices of an insane war that killed so many on all sides for no f-cking reason? Oh, that's right. Back then, the American people had a conscience, choosing to do what was right rather than allow political leaders gone bad to continue doing harm. Such inaction by doing nothing is giving tacit approval to those who do evil. What more will it take for my fellow Americans to recognize that basic truth? In response to President Obama's call to war concerning the terror group ISIN the only answer there can be is to do as the Good Doctor prescribed so long ago - "Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction ... The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Power of Love. These are words that should make us begin to think globally, for we are all inter-connected. We must pray for our political leaders, that they may have the wisdom to search for The Power of Love, which is sure to lead and guide them to what is right and just for all. We must pray for our men and women in uniform, who have taken up arms in defense of freedom, for without them we most certainly would be up the creek without a paddle. This action by President Barack Obama will end badly, having tragic consequences for all. Here it is, thirteen years and several wars after the most devastating terror attacks on the USA, and it seems nobody has learned a thing. If such lessons from the past cannot teach us that violence will only increase when violence is used, what hope is left for us, or for anybody else in this world? The futility of taking up arms is a lesson we should have learned long ago, and most especially after the debacle of Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet here we are again, on the very same precipice, as if George W. Bush had never existed. --Lee --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb * Origin: news://felten.yi.org (2:203/2) .