Remember anniversary of Iraq invasion to avoid more war
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on March 29, 2013
Ten years ago this month, the United States invaded Iraq. While combat forces were withdrawn at the end of 2011, there is still a significant U.S. presence in Iraq, and many people in both countries will never recover fully from the effects of the fighting. It is worth remembering the invasion and considering the costs if we are to avoid the fate warned of by George Santayana: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
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Remember MLK for more than his 'dream'
Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on January 17, 2013
As we pause to remember the life of Martin Luther King, it is essential to consider his words, thoughts and actions encompassed more than his “I have a dream” speech. While MLK spoke beautifully about racial justice in his speech in 1963, four years later he gave a speech called “Beyond Vietnam” in which he stated that America was afflicted by a deeper malady than racial injustice.
In his “Beyond Vietnam” speech King spoke about U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the draining of resources away from programs that help the poor, sick and oppressed towards increasingly violent ventures abroad:
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Meaning of “Strength Through Peace”
Adapted from a message to the Ft. Collins Mennonite Fellowship delivered by Kevin Cross on July 4th, 2010
In a nutshell, the name of our organization means that pursuing truly peaceful policies toward other countries would make our society, as well as the societies with which we interact, stronger. The converse of that statement is that pursuing warlike policies toward other countries makes both “us” and “them” weaker, more fragile.
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