Peace Isn't Possible In Evil's Face

LA Times ^ | March 11, 2003 | Elie Wiesel

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By Elie Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace laureate, is a Holocaust survivor and author of 40 books.

Under normal circumstances, I might have joined those peace marchers who, here and abroad, staged public demonstrations against an invasion of Iraq. After all, I have seen enough of the brutality, the ugliness, of war to oppose it heart and soul. Isn't war forever cruel, the ultimate form of violence? It inevitably generates not only loss of innocence but endless sorrow and mourning. How could one not reject it as an option?

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For some years Elie Wiesel took a wrong turn on the Oslo road. Its heartening to see once of the greatest living witnesses of the Holocaust find his way back again. If Elie Wiesel cannot convince people of the justness of this war to stop a truly evil man, no one can.

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It was the entire piece and are you going to pay the shyster fees, putz.

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I checked. It was three quarters of it. The original poster could have been more judicious in his selection before posting it. All the same, if it weren't in the Slimes this is exactly the kind of article that deserves to be posted in full in FR. As for being a putz, I haven't violated any FR terms of service personally even if I don't happen to particularly care for the free speech restrictions imposed on us by the Old Media. There are several things I could say about them but I'll hold my tongue for I have no desire to be drawn into a flame war and nevertheless my feelings about our being able to comment on what we read should be perfectly clear.

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