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I largely agree with you. Among "peace activist" cliches are that "if we would just get to know and better understand each other we could avoid war blah blah blah". It is so interesting that the blood family relationships among the leadership of England, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and to a lesser extent France did nothing to prevent the plunge into war.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

AMEN!
As a college student, I too believed better/improving communication between people would one day prevent wars. But, like most Liberals today, I was basing my belief on a false assumption--that all human beings are same, and are basically good. I had a profound awakening when my professor teaching a Mass Communication class responded to this belief by saying: "Better communication will also make clear our differences with one another. It can also show us how much we should hate another group!" Better communication and understanding wouldn't have made peace with the Communists or the Nazis; and it certainly won't make peace with the Muslims!