Ray -
The absence of War is not the same as Peace...
Nor is the absence of Peace the same as War.
Perhaps we agree.
My point is that the Dalai Lama held (holds) a higher standard for Peace
than you (and perhaps I) do... I honor that standard, whether I can
live up to it or not.
I was once a
Thanks for such a balanced and thoughtful message. Thank goodness for ramblings
and ramblers
Gary
On Feb 14, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> "Some people say we never use nuclear weapons. The truth is we use nuclear
> weapons every day to keep the world safe..."
>
> -The Honorable Andr
If you came upon two men in the road with one fist gripping each other's collar
and the other cocked back ready to strike, but not yet having struck, would you
call that War?
The Dalai Lama spoke a truth - but there is the other side of that truth. As
your own anecdote shows, both for you and
*"Some people say we never use nuclear weapons. The truth is we use
nuclear weapons every day to keep the world safe..."
*/-The Honorable Andrew C. Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs/
*"If you came upon two men in the road with one fist
The transcript (for some reason the video didn't work for me) reminded me of
something I had recently read on the Air Force Global Strike Command web-site -
"Some people say we never use nuclear weapons. The truth is we use nuclear
weapons every day to keep the world safe..."
-The Honorable And
