Tunnel rush zeph2/18/2023 ![]() ![]() The French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin reminds us that Washington has now moved from talk of inspections to talk of war, to talk of remodeling the entire Middle East. They warn us that war would be wrong just when the U.N. We listen now only to ourselves, staring into the pond to see our own reflection and in that effort blinding ourselves. They warn us that real injustices - the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, the brutal and corrupt dictatorships we fund and arm in Egypt and Saudi Arabia - mean we will not get rid of the extremists who hate us with bombs. They warn us that we will suffer the censure and perhaps the rage of much of the world - certainly one-fifth of the world’s population, which is Muslim, most of whom I will remind you are not Arab - if we do not build rather than shatter alliances. They warn us that we have squandered the good will, the empathy the world felt for us after 9/11, folding in on ourselves, building not a broad coalition but a kind of troika against terror with Vladimir Putin and Ariel Sharon, two leaders who do not shrink in Palestine or Chechnya from carrying out acts of gratuitous and senseless violence. They warn us that, unless we have credible evidence that Iraq intends to use weapons of mass destruction against us, intends to threaten our citizens and our nation, we have no right to wage war. They warn us that there is no link between Iraq and those who carried out the crimes against humanity that took place on 9/11. The French and the Germans - remember these nations are our allies - warn us to halt this accelerating slide towards war. There appears to be nothing any of us who oppose this war can do. Within a short time, young Americans and Iraqis will begin to die. At the bottom it said: “You have a very fine preaching voice - and you’re very proud of it.” So I will mumble at appropriate points so that nobody thinks that I have not been purged of the pride of my preaching voice.Īs I speak to you today, our nation prepares for war. I took every course Krister taught, including “The Art of Preaching.” Despite my oratory award at Colgate, after my first class I got my notes back from Krister. Krister was my adviser and dean emeritus of Harvard Divinity School. Frank parachuted into Yugoslavia behind German lines in World War II and wrote a great book called Beacons in the Night, which is just a wonderful and very thoughtful read.Īnd then, of course, Krister and Britta. Frank’s life story, of course, was the most thrilling. I told my son Thomas, who’s in the back, about who would be here. I’m a little intimidated to speak in front of a classicist like Zeph Stewart. There are several people here who were formidable in my own development. Speech Transcript War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
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