Take a look at the front-page of the New York Times.
We are implementing a strategy to embolden a government that is actually part of the problem.
Over the past three weeks a third front has opened — against Iran.
Saddam Hussein’s half-brother ended with the hangman’s noose severing his head from his body after he fell through the trapdoor.
I want our President to consider Martin Luther King’s advice.
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
I do not suggest that America’s president can solve our problems in Iraq by rejecting revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The people of Iraq would need to adopt that evolved method along with George W. Bush. But our president needs to take King’s words into his heart.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars… Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.- Martin Luther Ling Jr.
Consider this. King, against all odds, got results.