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Peace Comes From an Absence of Evil, Not an Absence of War
FrontPage Magazine ^ | April 9 2026 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 04/09/2026 3:31:17 AM PDT by texas booster

“And they breaking of My people easily, saying, “Peace, peace,” but there is no peace,” Jeremiah 6:14

Everyone who is anyone is calling for peace. The calls for peace, Pope Leo’s ‘Vigil for Peace’ and the protests of peace might have been of more use when Iran had been conducting a Jihad against us for 47 years, killing over 1,000 Americans, kidnapping, torturing and holding others hostages, firing rockets, plotting assassinations and doing other rather ‘un-peaceful’ things.

Peace is not the absence of war. It’s the absence of evil. As long as evil exists, there is war. Not wars that are mere territorial clashes or nationalistic errors or simple misunderstandings, but ‘Jihads’, campaigns to conquer, destroy and subjugate the rest of the world.

Islam is not unique in this regard. Even today we have Communism as a counterpart to Islam. And a natural partner in the ‘red-green alliance’. And there have been certainly plenty of other examples in the past from Atilla to Hitler.

Calling for peace in the face of evil isn’t a moral opposition to war, it’s appeasement, and appeasement enables war rather than refuting it.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: danielgreenfield; greenfield; hamas; hezbollah; iran; irgc; israel; lebanon; sultanknish; waronterror; yemen

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Perhaps President Trump might. Peace exists through strength in the face of evil. Weakness in the face of evil isn’t peace. It’s serving evil.
1 posted on 04/09/2026 3:31:17 AM PDT by texas booster
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Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam and leftism.

Iran went on attacking us under the most fervent appeasers including Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Simply refusing to fight it or trying to make peace with it didn’t end the war.

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2 posted on 04/09/2026 3:32:27 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: texas booster

Good Article, and GREAT Title.


3 posted on 04/09/2026 4:35:10 AM PDT by left that other site ( For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us Is.33:22)
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To: texas booster

Yes, strength and the determination to use it to destroy evil.


4 posted on 04/09/2026 4:36:59 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: texas booster

Greenfield is always worth the read - but, if he believes the Bible, there will never be peace until Jesus comes back - Evil is with us and growing each day - all we can do is send some of it to Hell - Maybe we need to blare the song, “Ticket to Ride” during our attacks....


5 posted on 04/09/2026 5:21:18 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: left that other site

Good Article, and GREAT Title.
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I wish everyone had their heads screwed on as straight as Greenfield’s. There are way too many people in the world who are deceived and lulled into appeasement - kicking the can down the road into another tomorrow - until the totalitarian sword or the hammer and scythe steals away life’s hope and freedom, or worse their life. Then what? I pray that God gives His people the strength to stand up to the pernicious pervasive evil in this world - it’s the greatest challenge facing mankind.


6 posted on 04/09/2026 5:48:06 AM PDT by iontheball (, )
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To: iontheball

I agree.


7 posted on 04/09/2026 5:54:52 AM PDT by left that other site ( For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us Is.33:22)
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To: texas booster

If Trump wants an “absence of evil”, there’s a whole lot of folks in the US he could bomb. He certainly doesn’t need to go all the way to Iran to find them.


8 posted on 04/09/2026 5:57:46 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: texas booster

Yes, he’s right. Perfect title.


9 posted on 04/09/2026 6:00:49 AM PDT by Varda
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To: texas booster

Concentration camps are very peaceful most of the time.


10 posted on 04/09/2026 6:06:37 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Yes, we need to take that as top priority.


11 posted on 04/09/2026 6:08:36 AM PDT by dforest
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To: texas booster

He is so right.

Peace in world affairs is a negotiated settlement between conflicting entities.

Peace to Islam is when then entire world submits to Islam. Or else.

Peace to the Christian is an individual’s state of oneness with God, and thereby being an instrument of His Will.


12 posted on 04/09/2026 8:34:58 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: texas booster

Thank you for that honest post.

Until the Kingdom on earth, evil will be on earth.


13 posted on 04/09/2026 9:02:10 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: texas booster
Peace Comes From an Absence of Evil, Not an Absence of War

That defines why humanity will ALWAYS be at war. Evil will always exist, hence, wars will always be around.
14 posted on 04/09/2026 2:49:00 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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