Death in the Name of Peace
excerpted from Modern Muslim Movement.
We cause death in the name of peace by standing on the side and letting evil continue. Those of us who do not want to interfere allow the brutal dictators to continue to kill their people. Yet we want no war. Thus we sit idle as innocents die, in the name of idealism.
We are continually having to defend our stance on the Iraq war. We who want reform and who advocate free speech. This is a war against free speech. The fanatics want no free speech. They do not want anyone to have views outside of theirs. They do not want women to have equal rights or free speech. Modern governments in Muslim countries do not want free speech.
It is this reality which seems to go unnoticed among those who are so mad at George Bush the person, they miss the point of this war. Ofcourse there will always be the idealist amongst us who like to live in lala land. The anti-war people. The ones who do not believe in war. If we were to follow them, we would never have fought to save the jews, or others thru history who have been slaughtered. They don't want us to interfere in Dafur, because that would be war. So more innocents get killed. They would not have us stop the war in Balkans, Korea, South Africa etc...
In reality if the world was Anti-War; more people would die than do because of war. There is no war in Sudan, just killing. War enables a chance for peace. No war leads to no peace, just unchecked aggression.
Moderation does not mean appeasement. Moderation never means to turn the other cheek.
The cowards pretend to be peaceful, because it never requires them to commit themselves to a principle.
Freedom is never free.
We cause death in the name of peace by standing on the side and letting evil continue. Those of us who do not want to interfere allow the brutal dictators to continue to kill their people. Yet we want no war. Thus we sit idle as innocents die, in the name of idealism.
We are continually having to defend our stance on the Iraq war. We who want reform and who advocate free speech. This is a war against free speech. The fanatics want no free speech. They do not want anyone to have views outside of theirs. They do not want women to have equal rights or free speech. Modern governments in Muslim countries do not want free speech.
It is this reality which seems to go unnoticed among those who are so mad at George Bush the person, they miss the point of this war. Ofcourse there will always be the idealist amongst us who like to live in lala land. The anti-war people. The ones who do not believe in war. If we were to follow them, we would never have fought to save the jews, or others thru history who have been slaughtered. They don't want us to interfere in Dafur, because that would be war. So more innocents get killed. They would not have us stop the war in Balkans, Korea, South Africa etc...
In reality if the world was Anti-War; more people would die than do because of war. There is no war in Sudan, just killing. War enables a chance for peace. No war leads to no peace, just unchecked aggression.
Moderation does not mean appeasement. Moderation never means to turn the other cheek.
The cowards pretend to be peaceful, because it never requires them to commit themselves to a principle.
Freedom is never free.