This is the message of the great Buddhist leaders . Recently one of them wrote these words, and I quote: Each day the war goes on the hatred increases in the heart of the the people 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. If we continue, there will be no doubt in my mind and in the mind of the world that we have no honourable intentions in the people. If we do not stop our war against the people of Vietnam immediately, the world will be left with no other alternative than to see this as some horrible, clumsy, and deadly game we have decided to play. The world now demands a maturity of America that we may not be able to achieve. It demands that we admit that we have been wrong from the beginning of our adventure in of our world, that we have been detrimental to the life of the people. The situation is one in which we must be ready to turn sharply from our present ways. In order to atone for our sins and errors in the world, we should take the initiative in bringing a halt to this tragic war. I would like to suggest five concrete things that our government should do immediately to begin the long and difficult process of extricating ourselves from this nightmarish conflict: Number one: End all bombing . Number two: Declare a unilateral cease-fire in the hope that such action will create the atmosphere for negotiation. Three: Take immediate steps to prevent other battlegrounds in by curtailing our military build-up around the world and our interference in in other nations.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:30:44 +0000
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