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On t f t m pretext o f thb Miistenae of WMDa, t h i s great tragedy e w to en- both the peoplam o f tha oocupiod wad fcha occupying country. }ça.fcai it waa

. revexJ-ad that no WDa çxiçct te begin w i t h .

of eour~a Sad- warn a aurdexoua dictator. But the w a x waa net .waged to topple hbn, fcha annoiinced goal of the wax uaa to f t n A and deatrey wanpone o f maas diatruetAon. Ba tafplad along the w a y towards knothcx geaX; nevartheledà the people o f the region BJ-R happy &out it. X paint out that *hi-eughout the

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. Ã ‡ the teaching# of Jnsue Christ r ights end 1-iberal vaXiea.

Young people, u m i w i t y students, poop10 h ~ v m many queat±aa about %he Zaraal. X am m u w e you are f taal l iae cue .

(PBUB~ .', human , ,

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Studants arm saying that; sixty years ago awah a country did net @Xiat , They ehow old doemnanta aiid globam 8nd B a y 'fcey u8 w e havm; w e have not hmen able to f ind a meuntry nomad Iara-ol.

x tell the* to 8tudy the h i s t o r y of WNI and X X . One of my ateudentn told m f c h i t during M I , which Bore than ten6 of aii.Lli.one of paeple pefLmhed S a , news about the war, w quickly dis~eminated by the m d n g paz-tioa. Each touted their victorLen and the maat recent battlefront defeat o f the other party. A f t e x tin* wax they claimed t h a t six million Jews bad been k i l l e d . Six n i l l i o n people that w a r e surely relatad to a-t least: t w o &lJian famllkao. again a c t uà aamtuaa that t h e m - e w e s axe txue. D O ~ C that logieitlly t*:ÈnsJ.atà in to the entahliahaient of the a ta te o f Xaxael in the Middle East or support fos aucb a state? Bow eon t h i n phenomenon be ra-tianalixed er explained?

'Mr. Pcaddant,

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It aa, no t my intention t o poem tee many ifueetions, bill: Z need to. refee too o-thex paSnts as wall.

You are faaAli.ax w i t l a hietnsy. Aside boa the . ~xddio &ea, ifl whkt othee point in history .&as mcA&ntific aad technical progxeaa bean a ç¥&à Can the possibility a u c i e r t t i f i c aehievemen-ta being ut i ld t ed fee ailiw-zy pdepoaea be maaeon enough to oppose nelance and ttechnoAogy altag'athar? I f awch a, suppoeitu.on &a ' t rue, then all s c i e n t i f i c

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, . ~ h à § ' b f a and SaiteHfuz ticoulo sxnn too hÈà tnaw

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w i l l the teutb not bà L ~ à ˆ in" a contrived abd ,

ciacaptaut aliBÈtà Again, i f the truth I6 allowed to be l e s t , how can that be ' toeconeiled u1th the eacl-iex men-tionad

' valuan? la the t x u t h known t o the m-iniqhfy ' lost as WÇU

&. Presidest,

Xa eountriea a-couad tbo world, citizens pzovida fog the expenee~ o f governments so that * a i r gwKCfWttntm in turn are able to nerve -thoni.

What ha* been a&Sd, are uonus a f the grievances of the paapld arisimd &ha w o r l d , i n out reqion and in your country. Bufc ay main .contention - whKA 3 aa hopinq you w i l l agrea to a o a e e f It - i n :

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How much loagar can the world tolerate ei tuat - loa? Where w A . l l t h i a txend lead the world to? How long was* thepeoplftaf the> ===Id pay for 'tho incorrect decislona of SOBIB rlaleko? Hem mu* longax will the speotez ofin&ecuzLty - xalaad fcom the ntockpiles of iseapons of m a s s destruction --' hunt the people of the world? Sfow much Xongex w i l l the blood of the inneeens man,

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. According to didne 'verttan, w e havv all bean C a l l e d upon to worship ana 'God and fellow the teacbinga of divine Prophatc. 'To yoxehip a God which i a above aJ.1 powers in the w o r l d and cam do all So pleauas. " "tha Lord w h i c h knows that which i s hiddaa and visible, the past and the Eakure, &awe what: fro=& an i n the Haaxtea of

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All prepheta , apeak o f peace and tranquility f o x aan -- baaed ah inoncitheiani, juntico aai3 reapact for huaam dignl ty .

no you not think that beliaf j.n thaao principles promotes and guaranteeu peace, fxiendsiiip and itie-tica'?

Da you n o t thiak that the alfurcaontionad w i t t a n ail; unw~ittem pi-inelpimu &ma univexaally raapecfced?

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IiiberalAam a ~ d w e ~ t o ~ ~ S~;YIÃ e l k e i r ~ ~ ha- n o t . been able to help xealiae the Ideals o f b - a n i t y . Teday those t w o c&cept-a 'have failed., Those with inmight can already hear the sa&nd-n o f t-ho shatsering and, fall of the Adeoloay a d thdughts of the ~Lbee*! deaaexafc3.c syatma,

Wa incxeae.i.ngly see that people around tha w e r l d axe 'flacking t o w a r d * a -in focal p o i n t -- that i s the aJfflighty God. ~rndoubtecUy thfough faith in Gad a d the taaching~ o f tb8 prophets, the pmop3-Ã w i l l con<;uec' (Aair pxoteleni~, t^y q ~ ~ s t i o n for you .is: "Do ,

you not w a n t to jo iA thw*'*

' Wbnthw w a like At oz- nab, the w o r l d 38 g~avita-fcJLng tova~cda h i t h in ma Almighty and jusfeiae and lAe will of God *&A& prevail ovex a l l t h i n g s . , . ..

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