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"Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions." -Sir Leslie Stephen - (1832-1904), The Suppression of Poisonous Opinions, 1883
Although we the people rose up in record numbers and expressed our HOPE and clear mandate against President Bush's failed foreign policies of militarism and imperialism, even optimists such as I, do NOT expect to win the good fight for equal human rights and upholding of international law come next inauguration day.
Politicians are often the last ones to get it and policy change is always preceded by education and education is the way to compassion, and compassion is the way to change.
The Institute for Middle East Understanding and Churches for Middle East Peace offer:
http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1093&Itemid=212
