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To achieve peace, just be peaceful
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Dear Editor:

Not only is the concept of preparing for war in order to promote peace counterintuitive, counterproductive, and counterintelligent; it is straight out of the King James version of that stone age terror manual, it is uncivilized, and it is fundamentally wrong and immoral. Our greatest vulnerability is not a state sponsored threat.

It is a rouge atomic bomber, inspired by religion, poverty, and injustice. No matter how many deserts we attack, we will not be able to militarize our way to security. Each time we kill innocent civilians, hundreds of their friends and relatives consider signing up for revenge training. We can not stop legions of potential stealth suicide nuclear bombers by force.

We must understand that no culture appreciates our arrogance, and we should stop trying to bully and exploit the developing world. To achieve peace, why don’t we simply ignore irrational right wing propaganda and just be peaceful?

Mike Smith

Lincoln Street, LaGrange
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ElSoloLobo
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December 10, 2009
Yes! There is actually at least one other rational person in LaGrange!? Astounding.
woodcutterron
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December 10, 2009
I think this is possibly the most uninformed thing I've read in weeks. Just goes to show that actually knowing anything at all about what one is writing about is not a prerequisite. Glad he wasn't The President back in the late 30's and early 40's!

L.E.O.
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December 10, 2009
Mike, you yourself are counterintuitive, counterproductive, andcounterrintelligent. You obviously do not understand the lessons that history has taught the United States. If we stand by and allow rougue states to enforce upon their people violations of human rights then those rogue states only become more powerful and eventually wish to ompose their will on us. Do you not understand that for the past several thousand years that the only thing that the people of these regions that you talk about have understood is war? Do you not understand how effective the threat of military anhilation is? It is not the "American Way" to empose our will on the rest of the world solely because of "arrogance" but we seek to impose the will of rightousness through "human rights" and until that gola is recognized the resolve of the greater part of the American people (Yes, that is right your view point is a minority viewpoint) will be unchanged. You have often set yourself on the left, politically speaking, and that mindset is that we as the United States of America should open our borders to who the heck ever wants to come here but not leave ourselves open for attacks by not taking precautions of any relevance that will stop these "potential stealth nuclear bombers". The only thing that stops violence is violence BIG PERIOD! What you fail to realize is that as George Orwell stated over half a century ago is that "People (including you Mr. Smith) sleep peacably in their beds at nights only because rough men (and women too) stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Our soldiers of every branch and our law enforcement officers of every creed are the ones that stand ready to violence on YOUR BEHALF, whether you find it necessary or not.
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