20 March 2003
This date will be remembered as the Day of Infamy, a Day when 285,000 troops sitting on ships, airfields and battlegrounds in or near a dozen so-called independent nations in the Middle East awaited the call to arms. A call world opinion knows to be wrong. A call which has begun an unjustified invasion of a truly independent, sovereign nation. A call which will end the world as we, the 'civilised nations' of the West, know it. A call which demonstrates the depth of betrayal of those troops their governments will go to in defence of the triple-bottom-line of Earth's multi-national corporations.
"There is a right and wrong, you know."
"I have learned very little in my years, Bruce, but one thing I have learned. Foreign policies of this, or any other, country are not based on right and wrong. It is not for you and me to argue the right or wrong of this question. The only kingdom that runs on righteousness is the kingdom of heaven. The kingdoms of the earth run on oil. The Arabs have oil."
"Only the kingdom of heaven runs on righteousness," Bruce repeated. "The kingdoms of the earth run on oil. You have learned something, sir. It seems that all of life itself is wrapped up in those lines. All of us . . . people . . . nations . . . live by need and not by truth."
Never a truer word was spoken than these, penned by Leon Uris in his book 'EXODUS' copyright 1959. Nothing has changed except that Israel is subjecting its captive Palestinians to the same callous, destructive, iniquitous and unjustified treatment that its founders received from the British Government of that time. Substitute 'Iraquis' or 'Iranians' for 'Arabs' and you have the truth of the reason for the unconscionable War Against Iraq, which may be in progress even as I write these words.
I ask of you these things:
Your prayers for the troops on stand-by or alert in the Middle East, be they american, australian, british, iraqi or any other nationality, the vast majority of whom have not seen real combat, who have yet to learn the horrors of the battlefield.
Your prayers also for the half-million or so Iraquis, most of them civilians, who will die as a result of this War, either directly from missiles and bloody fighting or indirectly from famine and other consequences. And, quite likely, millions of others.
That those of you who have been active in trying to prevent this unjustified War do not cease in your endeavours, and that the rest of you think again about your stance.
Please feel free to forward this message on.
Towards understanding,
Roger
Earth Healing, Energy & Water Dowsing, Reiki Practitioner
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