Posted on 06/07/2024 7:05:20 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
"One has only to look at the situation in so many theatres in the world at the moment, Middle East and the Ukraine in particular, where we don't seem to have any protocols we can invoke that might bring the warring parties to the table so that a Peacefire can be negotiated. We don't seem to have the instruments for reconciliation. And things are so drastically fallen apart that we don't know where to look to find those instruments." - octogenarian Father Bill Uren
The word "Peacefire" might have been a misspeak but in the context of the thought of WB Yeats I consider it brilliant:
"The blood dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned."
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“Peacefire.” I like it.
From Lincoln, through Teddy Roosevelt and Lindbergh, Ron Paul and The Donald, Americans have been tough on seeking peace.
“Peace is a spoil of war.” — someone
It’ll be over when it’s done!
The human drive towards war might not be exhausted until a world-wide catastrophe such as thermonuclear devastation wakes us up. The Lord cannot return fast enough to put an end to this madness.
Sorry for the pessimism, I’m still on my first cup of coffee this morning.
Priest Proposes Peacefire. When? Peace will come when anti-truth, anti-freedom. anti-individual, anti-life collectives and individuals are discontinued.
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