See what happens when you try what the Peace Centers advocate?
We have a local paper, the Laconia Daily Sun, that runs a column of a local professor that, to put it mildly, with whom we disagree - a lot! Short version: a Peace and Justice kind of guy, speaks poorly about religion and national pride of any type (champions for a one world government via the UN), he advocates lots of talk and non-violence to solve ALL problems. Violence is so passe; war is just so uncivilized.
Sure thing, dude. 'Splain this one (emphasis mine):
Thai PM Frustrated
He’s made good will gestures. He’s made concessions.
He’s reached out.
But the jihadis keep slaughtering people indiscriminately.
What’s a military-installed prime minister to do?
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Wednesday that separatists fighting in Muslim-majority provinces have refused to take up his offer to launch peace talks.
Check one - Let's talk!
“As of now, there has been no progress on starting negotiations, because that would require the agreement of both sides. So there are no talks for now,” he told reporters.
“My government is still adhering a policy of non-violence, but cooperation from the people is crucial,” he said.
Check two - non-violence!
Since Surayud took office following a military coup last year, he has made a series of peace gestures to the militants fighting along the southern border with Malaysia.
Check three - keep trying!
But the violence has only escalated since the coup, and the government has deployed thousands more troops and paramilitary forces to the region.
Go figure.
(Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
MY hat tip to Little Green Footballs!
Background: the Thai military overthrew the civilian government a while ago as it became alarmed / frustrated over the continued violence and that government's inability to bring peace to the southern region of Thailand as radical Islamofascists continued attacking unarmed Buddhists and Christians. They installed a new Prime Minister who was supposed to "fix" the problem.
The above is probably a model for what these peace centers are pushing for with the PM trying to act
As one can tell...
Money Phrases:
- require the agreement of both sides - The Peace folks, like Dennis Kucinich, always seem to skip over this point. If only one side is willing to talking, peace is not going to arrive any time soon. Neville Chamberlin, any one?
- But the violence has only escalated since the coup - When a person, or a set of people, wishes to have something to which they are not entitled, sees that the owners of what they desire will not defend themselves, why not do what is working?
The Peace folks never seem to grasp one enduring fact: people are not good by nature and are not going to always look out for the best interests of others before themselves. In fact, many only think of themselves and what they want. And will do what they want to get what they want.
The result of ignoring this very basic human trait will not create a bridge to peace; history shows us that when rational people finally wake up, the final reckoning will be far worse than if they had "stood up" earlier (having mentioned Chamberlein, think of how things might have been different if the rest of Europe had stood up to the Nazis in the runup to WW II?).
Never forget that old adage: a conservative is a liberal that got mugged.
