We Must Break The Cycle Of War And Transcend The War Mindset

By Robert C. Koehler Photos: YouTube Screenshots “I am begging the world: stop all the wars, stop killing people, stop killing babies. War is not the answer…War is not how you fix things. This country, Israel, is going through horror. And I know the mothers in Gaza are going through horror…” I can only kneel in awe. Yes, there is sanity in the world – moral sanity – even, and especially, now, as revenge rages in Israel, fed by American armaments. There are courageous voices calling not simply for “peace,” essentially understood by much of the world as nothing more than a ceasefire, but for, oh my God, compassion, healing, love. The “enemy” is as human as we are! And waging war against the enemy guarantees nothing but . . . endless war. The words above are those of Michal Haley, whose beloved son was murdered by Hamas, crying out in a Facebook video: “In my name, I want no vengeance.” Perhaps what matters most here is that she is not alone. Many courageous people across the planet are speaking out against the current war – the current genocide – from their wounded souls, demanding that the human race transcend...