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12 12 2000 Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 09:08 PM
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Why Peace Won't Come
Edited on Tue Dec-09-03 09:09 PM by 12 12 2000
As always, James Carroll, the conscience of America, points out the truth with moral clarity...


<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/12/09/why_peace_wont_come/>
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 09:38 PM
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But Carroll's closing paragraph is brilliant in its unsparing clarity:

"Why is it so difficult to make peace? In places like Northern Ireland and the Middle East, the answer is all about the passions of grief, unforgiven wounds, fears that won't yield. But in the United States, the answer is far more coarse. Not grief, hurt, or fear. Alas, the answer is money. War remains the turbine that drives America's economy -- therefore, its politics, its shallow pride."
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