Post from Martin Of Battle Creek
Peace is good
Abel Oldsworth, my reticent friend, wonders why some presidential candidates and Congressmen contend that we would be safer if we had stayed in Iraq longer, deployed more fighting troops now , and the nuclear treaty with Iraq.. Most people agree that the US could not overcome with money or negotiations the deep centuries old religious schisms, hatreds, and abuses that fuel the current wars throughout the Middle E ast. Is that now achievable? Should we not give peace a chance and approve the treaty?
A recent study indicates the Iraq war cost 2 trillion dollars, all from borrowed money, 4488 US soldiers were killed, 32,223 wounded, 134,000 civilians were killed, and 2.5 million displaced. Do we want to add to these totals? Our role there seeks not only military preparedness but also Shite and Sunni cooperation in the fight against ISLS. That cooperative relationship has to evolve to sustain to unified efforts. How much can we help on this front? Do we want to see more of our young men killed and wounded?
O Biblical Gilead, where is your healing balm
To make the Middle East calm?
For religious wars leave no chance to heal
The age old hatreds that are real,
Nor will their seeking all the foreign aid they can palm.
Martin Egelston
Battle Creek
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