~Abraham Lincoln
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel . . . And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" - with his mouth.
Mark Twain
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
John F. Kennedy
John Quincy Adams, quotes about Honor:
[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example. She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.
Samuel Adams,
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man...The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus,
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus,
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Nicolas Boileau-Despraux, :
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
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Anyway the war in Iraq goes on whether Western Media or American Media pay much attention to it. You would think the War was over or nearing its end and that America was on the verge of success. Well that is according to McCain and Hillary its just a matter of staying the course and coming up with a new bold strategy. Don't tell Hillary that the war in Iraq was lost a long time ago yet she still hopes for victory. Oh well she thinks McCain is a great guy and so is Bush and Cheney so what can we expect from her. She also is unwilling to take Bush or the military to task for the on-going atrocities and slaughter of innocent civilians.
So anyway back to the war.
From Information Clearing HouseWinter Soldier Hearings,
By Aaron Glantz
10/03/08 "ICH" -- - Get ready for the horrible, honest reality of the American occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan like you haven’t heard it before. For four days, from March 13 through March 16, hundreds of U.S. veterans of the two wars will descend on Washington and testify in the “Winter Soldier” hearings about what they really did while they were serving their country in Iraq. And their experiences aren’t pretty.
The event is inspired by the Winter Solider tribunal held in 1971 by Vietnam War vets, including John Kerry. The name comes from a quote from Thomas Paine, the revolutionary who rallied George Washington’s troops at Valley Forge, saying: “These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
Paine was trying to keep Washington’s army from deserting in the face of a bitter winter and mounting defeats at the hands of the British. Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War say the same type of courage is needed to confront the evils unleashed by the U.S. occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
GORD.
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