He spoke of a problem that continues to this day saying “we again fell victim to the deadly Western arrogance that has poisoned the international atmosphere for so long.” He urged us to look at ourselves from our enemies perspective because than we can “know his assessment of ourselves” “see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.”
King quoted a Buddhist leader of Vietnam. Recently with words that continue to resonate today:
"Each day the war goes on the hatred increases in the heart of the Vietnamese and in the hearts of those of humanitarian instinct. The Americans are forcing even their friends into becoming their enemies. It is curious that the Americans, who calculate so carefully on the possibilities of military victory, do not realize that in the process they are incurring deep psychological and political defeat. The image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom and democracy, but the image of violence and militarism."
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