The Russian military began attacking the nation of Ukraine on Wednesday 2/23/2022. This situation is dangerous and serious for those who call it home. The attack was unprovoked and is all sorts of wrong.
I’m hoping for an end to the violence and I’m asking that peace will come again. God be with those in harms way, keep them safe. May this be a call to action for people to love above all.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
And lose their livesI said, war, huh good god, why’all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it againWar, whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to meWar – A song performed by Edwin Starr and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
Though in war, you can only get killed once. In politics it can happen over and over.
President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), Battlestar Galactica, Season 1: Colonial Day
I’ve interrupted a party. Is it in celebration of the peace or in honor of the next war? Ross Poldark. Written by Winston Graham
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war… Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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