Peace

“The Independent on the 28th of February 2004
“An American plan (June's G8 summit) for the West to promote greater democracy and economic and cultural reform in the Middle East….

The US blueprint aims to address the three "deficits" identified in the now celebrated 2002 and 2003 Arab Human Development reports issued by the United Nations: of freedom, knowledge, and economic development. If these are not tackled "we will witness an increase in extremism, terrorism and international crime", the US paper says.

It proposes stronger backing for non-government groups working for freer elections, and for education initiatives targeted at women. It also urges freedom of the press and an end to restrictions and harassment of those working to promote human rights and civil society. “

 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=495961
 http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/”




This is what the peace movement have had as its vision and mission for years. This is what people in the peace movement have said trillions of times everyday for years. Then and still now the peace movement have been labelled anti freedom, anti America, anti war, even racist by Condola Rice once in an interview. So which way should it be now, is the American administration now anti freedom, anti America, anti war, and a racist? Or could it be that peaceful means such as
-stronger backing for non-government groups working for freer elections and also
-urging the freedom of the press and
-end to restrictions and harassment of those working to promote human rights and civil society etc
is the best civilized way to promote a safe world after all.