Peace Is the Way
Bringing War and Violence to an End
Chapter One
War Ends Today
Today is a good day for war to come to an end.
The symbolic number of 1,000 U.S. casualties was passed today in
Iraq-I am writing this on September 9, 2004-most of the deaths
occurring after victory was declared over a year ago. What is the
world like on the day you read this? I cannot predict, but I know,
even if this particular war is over, you will be confronted with
terrorism, suicide bombings, insurrections and civil war somewhere
on the planet, and nuclear threats from rogue nations like North
Korea and Iran. Violence will still be raging out of control, no
matter what day you read these words.
At the outset of 2003 it was estimated that thirty military
conflicts were being fought around the world. It's a good day for
all these wars to come to an end. But will they? And if they do,
what will replace them?
To end war, you have to think of ending not just one conflict, and
not just thirty. What we have to end is the idea of war, which has
turned into the habit of war, and then into the numbing const ... read full excerpt from PEACE IS THE WAY E-BOOK ebook
