All the world waits on the threshold of a sustainable peace if America will quit throwing its weight around at a time when we need friends, not enemies.
(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Fight, fight, fight! His entire campaign is devoted to fighting, as has been his life.
But why fight when there is no need?
Of course America needs a strong military, not to intimidate others, or to fulfill misguided ambitions, but to preserve the peace.
Wars diminish wealth, as if Americans need to be reminded, peace accumulates it. Yet, McCain’s over-riding theme is now and has forever been, to fight and win to prove superiority, even when it is unnecessary.
Peace is the result of Unity Through Diversity, not by requiring others to be as we want them to be. America is the melting pot of the world that embraces and welcomed diversity from the very beginning.
Why should McCain insist that nations conform to our values, or else? It doesn’t make sense, and such insistence is very expensive.
Martial rhetoric appeals to man’s basic emotions, peace among nations to his rationality. All the world waits on the threshold of a sustainable peace if America quits throwing its weight around. We need friends, not enemies.
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