France’s war on terrorism is a ghastly, Bush-sized mistake

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 14, 2015 | Mark Morford

[artichokegrower]

There’s this wonderful teaching in the yoga world, and also in the Buddhist tradition, in Shaiva Tantra, in Taoism and Christian mysticism and I’m sure many others, and it has to do with energy, and the various obsessions into which we pour all our fear, passion, curiosity, doubt and hate, suspicion and love.

It goes like this: “Where attention goes, energy flows.” It’s bumper sticker shorthand for a far deeper teaching, one that instructs the practitioner to be extraordinarily vigilant where she places her daily practices, her breath, her heart and thoughts, for one simple reason: Nothing in life has much power, much influence, much existence at all until we as individuals and/or as a collective consciousness give it all that power, all that meaning – for good, ill or otherwise.

[artichokegrower]

Want to “win” the war on terror? Don’t declare war in the first place. Don’t give all your energy and attention to all those revolting energies terrorism loves best. Instead, advance the causes of solidarity, unity, harmony.

I believe that the author of this piece should go to Iraq to find "unity" with members of ISIS or to Nigeria to find "harmony" with member of Boko Haram and report back to us.

[EQAndyBuzz]

The author, like all liberal propagandists is a moron.

[goldstategop]

[Crazieman]

Don’t forget the Philippines. Or Chechnya. Or the Uighurs in China. Or Somalia. Or Sudan. Or Libya. Or...

[LouAvul]

I remember that idiot richard gere, proclaimed buddhist, after 9/11, said that we needed to love the responsible parties, not attack them.

There's a place on earth for fools. The news isn't it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

So if we ignore terrorism, it will go away? How did that work for Clinton?

[Texas Eagle]

Hitler must be spinning in his grave. “Where the hell was Mark Morford when I was around!?”, he must be yelling.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The author wrote this with a straight face ?

[Fresh Wind]

Anything by Ms. Morford requires a barf alert.

[Farmer Dean]

Somebody needs to tell this San Francisco lib that there are some problems you can’t suck your way out of.

[goldstategop]

He wants the French to surrender.

No wonder Mark Morford is upset they aren’t behaving... well like the French do.

[Fresh Wind]

Nothing this author does is straight.

[wbarmy]

The Bible talks about people “individually” praying for and loving those who abuse them. The Bible also says that governments must punish evil-doers.

I think the government needs to step in and use the sword God gave them to punish the evil-doers.

Romans 13:3-4;

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

[BlueNgold]

From the SF Chron....

Shocked, just shocked...

/S

[NowApproachingMidnight]

Like all yoga teachings - this is just ripped off and repackaged liberal nonsense. Needs a vomit tag.

[Bubba_Leroy]

They should employ the Obama strategy.

Capitulate and apologize.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

What if PM Valls had declared a national “Devotion to Unity?” Could that work? What if the $1.4 trillion America wasted on Iraq had instead gone to a variety of humanitarian programs, to outreach, to building foreign schools and healing fractured international relationships – in short, to removing much of the toxic soil in which fundamentalism grows in

LOL. Mark, please -- stop. I'm laughing so hard that I can't breath!!!!

[MrB]

“solidarity, unity, harmony”

can only be achieved if you exclude the C from the “Coexist”.

So, yeah, no “war on terror”, just exclude all Muslims from your society/country.

[norwaypinesavage]

It is simply astonishing the number of liberal who believe that you can simply ignore someone who declares war on you. History is replete with fools who thought the same, and most died trying.

[onedoug]

I never thought I’d see the day when France could call it islamic terror, and the US, led by the øbama administration, just wimps out.