[Fenris6]

You don't seek Peace for its own sake.

[fr11]

The Iraq war is sometimes described, by both foes and supporters, as a pragmatic venture to keep oil flowing, but not even the most ruthless accountant can justify the expense. Even before the war, America's military costs in the Persian Gulf were much greater than the value of all the oil it was getting from the region, and now it's spending at least four times what...

I don't know any supporters of the Iraq war who believe it's a "pragmatic venture to keep oil flowing." To some of us, fighting terrorism and removing the world's most ruthless dictator is more important than money.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

"I predict that the incidence of war will decline," he told me in 1996, two years before his death. He based his prediction on the principle that there is less and less to be gained economically from war. As people get richer and smarter, their lives and their knowledge become far more valuable than the land, minerals and natural resources they used to fight over.

I guess he never considered that in most countries, people don't have much to say about it. Has he never heard of places like North Korea, or Zimbabwe?

[Paul_Denton]

Peace can only be achived through SUPERIOR FIREPOWER

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Perspective is very important when assessing the state of world over an historical period. The unfolding of the true potential of Planet Earth and Humankind is a process. Sometimes it is two steps forward, one step backwards.

With continued and greater prayer, vigilance and right action we can make it 100 steps forward and couple of small steps backwards. The pace of the Redemption, i.e. Counter-Balancing, is up to us. We collectively reap what we individually sow.

[djpg]

Tell bin Laden and Zarqawi to give peace a chance.

We "gave peace a chance" in Vietnam. Ask the people who live there how much they like it.

If we had given peace a chance in the cold war, millions of people would still be enslaved.

What kind of idiot thinks that cliches like "give peace a chance" constitute a policy?

[KeyWest]

""I predict that the incidence of war will decline," he told me in 1996, two years before his death. He based his prediction on the principle that there is less and less to be gained economically from war. As people get richer and smarter, their lives and their knowledge become far more valuable than the land, minerals and natural resources they used to fight over.""

It has nothing to do with getting richer and smarter. It has more to do with free, democratic societies.

Anyone else see that this prediction was after the fall of the Soviet Union? Truth is the Soviet Union got poorer. So if you remove the source of most of the trouble by changing its government into something more democratic and free, wars go down in number. So if we remove the source of the current trouble....

The war in Iraq makes all the sense in the world. Remove the problem, do not let it become a larger problem.

[exDemMom]

"I predict that the incidence of war will decline," he told me in 1996, two years before his death. He based his prediction on the principle that there is less and less to be gained economically from war. As people get richer and smarter, their lives and their knowledge become far more valuable than the land, minerals and natural resources they used to fight over.

Of course, it takes a free society to allow people to accumulate wealth. The left, for all that they proclaim themselves pro-"peace", are actually actively fighting to maintain the conditions that lead to war, by trying to impose universal socialism (with its sidekicks, poverty and lack of freedom).

[uglybiker]

It's not what you spell, it's how you spell it.

I just whish piece would give ME a chance!