we must find some way . . . to gain an eternal peace for this world.”

[kpete]

While some forget, the old soldiers of our past never did, twenty years after he commanded them to invade northern France, Dwight Eisenhower sat overlooking their graves and remembered what it was about:

“

. . . My own son has been very fortunate. He has had a very full life since then. He is a father of four lovely children. Very, very precious to my wife and me.

But these young boys, so many of them, over whose graves we have been treading, looking at, wondering, contemplating about their sacrifices. They were cut off in their prime. They have families that grieve for them.

But they never knew the weighty experiences of going through life like my son... I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope, pray, that the humanity will learn more than we have up until that time.. . . I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope, and pray, that humanity will have learned. . . we must find some way . . . to gain an eternal peace for this world.

”

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/05/lkl.00.html

....Bush and the new generation of old men -- there can never be enough blood spilt, they have no interest in "finding some way" as Eisenhower did, even with a list of mistakes of his own.
http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/while-bush-is-rattling-the-sabre/

[flashl]

1. You Got My Vote For Peace. n/t

[puebloknot]

2. Kick, in honor of a great leader of a great generation.

They were ordinary people whose "greatness" came from their stepping up to the plate when the nation was in grave danger.

We need that kind of greatness now.