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Peace has been a goal and a dream of every leader, every civilization, every nation, and every government ever to exist in recorded history. And yet, the twentieth century saw two world wars of unprecedented death and destruction, violent revolutions that uprooted and marginalized tens of millions, lesser wars that nevertheless killed and maimed millions more, and an unimaginable program of mass murder that targeted a group of people for reasons that were totally unjustifiable and horrific in their twisted logic. As I write these words, the world continues on with its destructive legacy of war. However, every leader or general who is engaged in this brutal continuation of war is fighting for the cause of justice and peace. ‘A war to end all wars…’ Indeed.
Until now, the chief mainstays of the human value system have been the categories of nation, religion, and ethnicity. In the name of these categories, groups of people have engaged in an endless cycle of war and conflict in order to secure ‘freedom, justice, and peace’ for their own particular group. The ‘freedom, justice, and peace’ gained in these wars is prejudicial by nature, and has always been achieved at the sacrifice of another group or groups. The consequence of this has been an endless and vicious cycle of retribution. All in the name of ‘freedom, justice, and peace.’
All civilizations outlaw the killing of one individual by another and punish the perpetrator with the most severe form of punishment possible. However, all civilizations praise and reserve high honors for those who kill others in the heat of battle. If the war is a religious one, then the best killers are not only the bravest but also the holiest, with a place reserved in heaven for them, secured by the blood of the enemies of the ‘one true god’.
