What Price would I pay for Peace

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I recall the words of Patrick Henry , asking if life is so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery , and I understand that there are some things that must be defended . Even Christ , the Prince of Peace , in Christian dogma , tells his disciples to sell their cloak and buy a sword . Yet , I have heard George Bush tell me in an insulting exhibition of petitio principii , that we must fight

for peace in the Middle East . I hear the propaganda machines spew Orwellian nonsense that I must accept less freedom in the name of liberty . I will not willingly pay this price for peace . I do not feel under attack by anyone but my government

We live in a land protected by two great oceans , making it difficult for war to come to us . We must go to it , historically . Those who live on the front lines obviously feel differently about the question , as it is more urgent to them . As an American I have grown smug , and war is something I watch on television . Americans , with the exception of the minority with sons and daughters in harm 's way , can tune out war with a click of their remote

I want peace by means of compromise . I want peace by means of an ly transfer of power . I have serious doubts that anything I do will affect peace for...