“Silence is betrayal” - “Support our Troops”
“Each day the war goes on the hatred increases …in the hearts of those of humanitarian instinct. The Americans are forcing even their friends into becoming their enemies. It is curious that the Americans, who calculate so carefully on the possibilities of military victory, do not realize that in the process they are incurring deep psychological and political defeat. The image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom, and democracy, but the image of violence and militarism
I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin…we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
The above quotes refer not to Iraq but Vietnam. Also, they are not my words. They are those of the late MLK. We owe it to ourselves to get a little objectivity and clarity and see our present as we touch the past.
Take a few minutes to read this amazing speech.
Or even better take a few minutes to HEAR this speech by downloading an mp3.
