NEW BEGINNING
Thought you would be interested in this
letter I wrote which was published in the Wash. Post. Dear Editor,
How can we find security? How do we build security for our people and all
people in the world? It seems to me that the trillions of dollars this
country has spent on the military and weapons of mass destruction, the CIA,
and having the most powerful military force in the world was unable to
prevent the terrible destruction and loss of life in the horrendous attacks
in New York and Washington last Tuesday.
Will bombing some other country which is sure to include killing thousands
of innocent civilians make us more secure? I believe not. It is likely to
only further the flames of hatred and counter hatred . As Mahatma Gandhi
said, if we pursue the eye for an eye philosophy, we will end up with the
whole world blind. Is there a better approach?
I believe that the only way we can build REAL SECURITY for the American
people is for the United States to become a real friend of all the world's
people. Instead of hundreds of billions of dollars for weapons of
destruction, we should allocate hundreds of billions for feeding the
world's hungry, housing the homeless, healing the sick and helping heal the
wounds of war and hatred around the world. This would do more to win
friends and real security than star wars and all the weapons in the world
combined. It is a time to understand the unity and interconnectedness of
all people around the world and build our security system based upon that
understanding.
May we use this horrible nightmare as a springboard for a NEW BEGINNING.
Sincerely,
David Hartsough, Executive Director
PEACEWORKERS
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