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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re read more
You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re war).
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.
Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.
Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.
Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.
Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.
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.
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.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he read more
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work our differences.
