Nor does the human spirit [WITHIN US] move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, [I.E. THE SOCALLED WAR ON TERROR] we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on.

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IF THIS SPEECH at the Riverside Church in WERE GIVEN TODAY by MLK

Collated, edited, appropriated, and revised by Kevin Stoda for our times

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/MLKapr67.html

I would like to suggest " THREE concrete things that our government AND ITS CITIZENS should do immediately to begin the long and difficult process of extricating ourselves from this nightmarish conflict:

(2) FOLLOW EUROPE'S LEAD AND SEEK A MORE NON-VIOLENT PATH OF RESOURCE AND MANPOWER USAGE IN AFGHANISTAN.   THIS MEANS SEEKING AN AFGHANI--RATHER THAN FIREPOWER SOLUTION.

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/355352/publicationFile/137226/100128-deutschesStrategiepapier.pdf;jsessionid=CE7756C44A6340605014BA1BC3249CD9

Authors Website: http://eslkevin.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/3-big-paradigms-hol

Authors Bio:

KEVIN STODA-has been blessed to have either traveled in or worked in nearly 100 countries on five continents over the past two and a half decades.--He sees himself as a peace educator and have been-- a promoter of good economic and social development--making-him an enemy of my homelands humongous DEFENSE SPENDING and its focus on using weapons to try and solve global issues.

"I am from Kansas so I also use the pseudonym 'Kansas' and 'alone' when I write and publish.- I-keep two blogs--one with BLOGGER and one with WORDPRESS.- My writings range from reviews to editorials or to travel observations.- I also make recommendations related to policy--having both a-strong background in teaching foreign languages and degrees in teaching in history and the social sciences.--As a Midwesterner, I also write on religion and living out ones faith whether it be as a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist perspective."

On my own home page, I also provide information for language learners and travelers http://www.geocities.com/eslkevin/-,- http://the-teacher.blogspot.com/-& http://alone.gnn.tv/

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