Saturday.....War On Terror.....Peace At Any Price?

Would there ever be a peace accord that we wouldn't want? Most would emphatically say No! When taken at it's surface meaning, I would certainly agree, but Vietnam is a good example of how peace proved worse than war. The United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords in 1973. The South Vietnamese were forced to go along with a deal with the North and peace was finally achieved. After a short period of time the North launched its final assault and before it was over, a couple hundred thousand South Vietnamese (and Chinese) people in reeducation camps and Boat People, had died. The War On Terror has been so altered as to be unrecognizable. It is not called a war, those waging war are no longer called enemy combatants, we are freeing prisoners, apologizing to everyone and trying to talk to Hamas and Iran. The deal we offer is this: if terrorists promise to end their attempts to attack us and withdraw its threats we, in turn, will back off our support of Israel to the extent that it will no longer be a military, police or economic force in the Middle East. It will exist but will be humiliated to the extent that there should be no need to call for its destruction, and we will have peace. The Reform Movement in Iran is problematic for the Obama Administration. A cultural revolution in Iran, small though it would be, might put the ole kibosh on this peace plan. I also do not think that the administration wants to give protesters too much hero status for it may encounter its own protest marches before all is said and done and it has already indicated that these protesters would be more potential terrorists than constitutionally privileged citizens who protest. Its a sticky wicket. Some prominent conservatives and Republicans see an opportunity here for political points in criticizing the administration. Some of you will be in church tomorrow and the pastor will quote Scripture in that we should pray for those in authority over us, not that their political plans will be successful but they might have enough wisdom for their people to live in peace.