George Kudrick didn’t go to war in WWII’s Pacific Theater to fight or kill anyone.
He didn’t go to represent the United States or its flag.
John David Kudrick
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Tag: Veterans for Peace (page 1 of 2)
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Jesus of Nazareth
From the Book of Matthew,
Chapter 5, Verse 9
You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Jesus of Nazareth
From the Book of Matthew,
Chapter 5, Verses 43-44
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
From “The Chance for Peace” Speech,
April 16, 1953
A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” … A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From the “Beyond Vietnam” Speech,
April 4, 1967
Why doesn’t the US observe Armistice Day?
We’re more comfortable with war than peace
by Rory Fanning
November 11, 2014
(Text of article originally appeared in Howard Zinn’s book, Howard Zinn on War.)
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