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    I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet
    you do not hear the screams or smell the blood or see
    those without limbs or eyes. It was not til I read
    Hersey's Hiroshima that I realized what bomber pilots do.

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I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.

by John Whitehead Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our read more

Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.

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Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.

Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.

by Ronald Thomas Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.

Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.

by John Milton Found in: Peace Quotes,
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

by Dwight D. Eisenhower Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

by John Dryden Found in: Peace Quotes,
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You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

by Geraldine A. Ferraro Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Those who say Islam is a warlike religion
must ask if Christianity has been as well.

Those who say Islam is a warlike religion
must ask if Christianity has been as well.

by Wendell Berry Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Our commander said
the Viet Cong are farmers
by day.. guerillas by night.
Look for those who read more

Our commander said
the Viet Cong are farmers
by day.. guerillas by night.
Look for those who are tired.
So anyone who yawned
was getting popped.

by Seymour Hersh Found in: Peace Quotes,
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