Passion For Peace

Five Sisters. Kabul, Afghanistan.
Photo by HQ RRC @ flickr.com

 

 "It's not an easy thing to be a peacemaker,

but it is an essential thing. Our world is at

a turning point. We either speak up

passionately for peace -- or we are

bystanders of violence."

- Stephanie Dowrick

There are few things more bizarre than watching people advocate that another country be bombed even while acknowledging that it will achieve no good outcomes other than safeguarding the "credibility" of those doing the bombing. Relatedly, it's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national "credibility" depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

- Glen Greenwald