Peace is our gift to each other.

Peace is our gift to each other.

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.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.

If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.

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.

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness read more

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.