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In reply to the discussion: I like Kerry. I like Obama. I don't think they are lying to us about why we are about to bomb Syria [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)And the fact that Kerry just proved himself a liar recently and that Obama has done so to the American people repeatedly, is without question. There is no reason to begin believing them now.
I don't abide LIARS. Nor MURDERERS of innocent babies and their mothers. No matter what noble reasons they might try to claim is the justification for why they're doing it. Innocent people have died, are dying and will continue to die so long as we allow them to think they can do so with impunity.
To claim they do this in the names of the people of America and to protect their FREEDOM -- that is THE LIE.
- What is most striking to me however, is that just recently Obama stood before Lincoln's statue and spoke of peace and brotherhood and Martin Luther King Jr (a wonderful photo op for the ages). A few days later he's rallying a cry for war. For bombs to fly and more innocent babies and mothers to be put at risk. And exponentially increasing the level VIOLENCE.
Here is what Martin had to say about violence:
[center]The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.
Through violence you may murder the hater,
but you do not murder hate.
In fact, violence merely increases hate.
So it goes.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.[/center]