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I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed.
quote by Alex Morrison
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Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.
quote by Peter King
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I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home.
quote by Dennis Kucinich
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
King Henry: I prithee, peace, good queen,
And whet not on these furious peers;
For blessed are the peacemakers on earth.
line from Henry VI, Act II, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1590)
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
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Aya Sophýa Istanbul
Aya Sophýa Istanbul
church built
to honour God
became a model
for all mosques
to honour Allah
See also the poem ‘Praise God As Blessed Peacemakers’.
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers With Visions Of Peace
politicians soldiers citizens
believing propaganda
agreeing to make war
are like the sands of the sea
people with visions of peace
are precious enlightened ones
“blessed are the peacemakers
for they shall inherit the earth”
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Unwanted Deeds
An aggressive innocence defended,
On lands peacekeepers claim...
Have been invaded to implement democracy.
Is not the opinion of those,
Who experience and see...
Their civilan population dwindling away,
And survivors maimed by such unwanted deeds.
People on these torn shores,
Have witnessed such cruelty.
Knowing they are not the benefactors,
Of the wargames and crimes...
That leave them heartbroken to grieve,
Their own loved ones and those of friends...
Suffering death and bleeding needlessly.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The Security Council
They are responsible for international peace and security,
Unfortunately what they do seems covered in obscurity,
They come up with their own strange ideas not worth to remember,
Then they refused to allow Canada to be a member.
They may set forth principles for a peaceful settlement now,
Or they may not or they’re afraid it might just cause a row,
But they have to bring fighting to an end according to their rules,
It’s fairly blatant now but they think the rest of us are fools.
Their peacekeepers seem to be missing from where it really counts,
No one seems to realize this or take it into account,
The politically correct are pleased with the way things are,
There are no Middle East problems that they can see, so far.
MAR 13TH,2011
poem by James Bredin
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How many more?
How many more will march into war?
How many more will die?
Until men understand the why
the numbers will be staggeringly high.
Senseless wars are continuously fought
and never understood.
The treachery that is responsible
hides behind the good.
There is no good that comes from war.
Death becomes the aim.
Men that are willing to do the killing
will always take the blame.
Glory to those that refuse to kill.
Raise their honor high.
They are the peacemakers on this earth,
not the warriors that die.
poem by Edwina Reizer
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God Bless Canada
This land strong and free
God bless Canada
While the sun shine across the sea
God bless Canada as we sing this song
God bless Canada
We stand together united as one
God bless Canada
Our hopes have never died for you
God bless Canada
We carry the flame with us in a long journey
God bless Canada
The eagles will soar high above the sky
God bless Canada
We show our true colors
God bless Canada
Our peacekeepers working together to bring peace home
God bless Canada
Home sweet home to us all
poem by Aldo Kraas
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I Will Beat My Swords Into Plough Shears
I will learn the art of war no more
I will beat my swords into plough shears
I will not prove the lie might is right
I will not sing freedom songs enslaving others
I will not dropp collateral damage bombs on mothers brothers
I will not follow false prophets as invaders hunters
God has commanded thy shalt not kill his children have heard
God has spoken vengeance is mine sayith the Lord
God has said they who live by the sword will die by the sword
God has said “Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children of God.”
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Generation Of Tomorow
Where is the love, the one that helps us all live together in peace and harmony,
there are people dying, others are being killed, there is war everywhere,
we see our future generation getting hurt by all of this, what are we doing to help them know that the world doesn't have to revolve around voilence?
Because our world today isn't doing a thing to give them the brigther future we are hoping for.
We say we want them to have a brigther future?
But what are we doing to promote that future, are we helping them to be peacemakers in the future or voilent leaders that take what they want without thinking about the people they hurt in the proccess.
we ought to know that whatever we do in this day and time will reflect on our future genration weather good or bad.
poem by Oyindamola Oduwole
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Selective Realities
No one believes...
The blood they bleed these days
Is of treason crazed,
Diced with sacrificed lives for lifestyles
Long gone, outdated, forgottened.
Instigating but a few,
Stewing pain.
A few who could care less who's name
Announces
A louder call
For more appalling
Patriot games.
No one believes...
Peacekeepers come
Bearing a quick peace up their sleeves.
Or a Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton debate
About the relevance of political correctness,
On crime infested streets.
Are they competing amongst themselves?
In a practice of 'ghetto is good'
But not in my surburban neighborhood!
And nothing what is 'fed' feeds the 'hood'.
They are caricatures of a capsuled time...
In minds of those reliving 'selective realities'.
And no believes,
What is spoken convinces the one speaking!
Since the delivery is done with stature...
But the dignity of it lacks sincerety that's pure!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Praise God As Blessed Peacemakers
Aya Sophýa Istanbul
church built to honour our God
became prime model
for all mosques to honour Allah
after Islamic invasion of Istanbul
Constantinople Byzantium fell
all houses of God
are sacred holy places
no true worshipper
will suicide bomb any worshippers
no true worshipper
makes war on poor women children
enlightened souls
tolerant compassionate peace lovers
praise God as blessed peacemakers
embrace all races as God’s children
respect honour all cultures religions
knowing only God in authority judges
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Pray For Peace
I pray for peace.
They require me to kick into high gear.
We may as well have our ph.d.s.
Might we compose
Was never taken into account.
I pray they let out or talk it out.
She would give me a wink across the room.
I wouldve made a really good lawyer.
I had a really good strategy
For putting things back on the wall of the world.
Thank God it was the goddamned wall.
I would have to hide all my valuables.
Who would calm my mother down?
Who would calm me down once I talked her through it?
My mother and I were the official peacemakers.
It was a full-time job.
I would send my mother directly to bed, yeah
Dont collect 200.
Wed talk about it till 5 a.m.
When Id come visiting her 5 years later.
We would pray for peace.
It was most comfortable and familiar.
song performed by by Alanis Morissette
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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I Believe.... (Chant One)
i believe...
that all men and women
are created equal...
equal in worth, dignity,
authority, and sacredness.
that wars, for any reason,
are wrong...
that they constitute murder.
that any government
that oppresses the many
for the good of the few,
should be overthrown!
in nonviolent protest,
and the way of the peacemakers.
that the earth,
and all living beings,
are sacred.
that prejudice is murder,
that the faces of god are many...
and that many,
from various traditions,
have felt the presence of god.
that the path we're called
to walk is individual.
that all true paths are based in compassion.
that the way to truth
begins within...
that we are called to listen,
to get involved, to care,
to offer a helping hand.
that we have an inherent need to love,
and to be loved.
and that whom we love
is our own choice!
that every day we evolve...
that death is a beginning...
that hunger is a sin
against the face of humanity.
that justice should be the same for all.
and that love has a body!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Heart Attack
The heart of our nation's had an attack.
Its beat has slowed right down.
No cardiac surgeon could ever fix
the problem that's brought it around
It' s been brewing for years like arrhythmia
with its on and off woes
that come and go with our nation throbbing
forgetting the promise of those
who told us we were the shining stars,
the land of the free and the brave.
While all along the heart of its people
becomes harder and harder to save.
The woes of this nation start from the top
where the money like blood circulates.
While the heart of our nation slowly bleeds
as the oil of the rich coagulates.
The middle class works the jobs that are left
and the poor are left in the cold.
The peacemakers of song and words they tell
are forgotten and lies are sold.
We are the surgeons who must fix the problem
or the heart of our nation will die,
never again to beat or breathe free.
Together we all must try.
poem by Edwina Reizer
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Censure Burners Of Books
The official British Government ban
on disgraced radical intolerant pastor
Terry Jones is appropriate justified.
A burn a Koran day campaign is wrong.
How would this ignorant pastor react
if Muslims burned Bibles in retaliation?
Is it not written thou shalt not judge?
Has Jones not heard of love thy neighbour?
Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers.
Burning religious books is not sowing peace.
If your neighbour slaps you turn the other cheek.
Jesus did not say slap your neighbour’s cheek.
Did Jones not learn after book burning Hitler?
Burning books Holy books leads to burning cities.
Be not like fool Jones cast not the first stone.
No true Christian or Muslim chews a hate bone.
poem by Terence George Craddock
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War Prepares Lists
war prepares lists
conflict time honoured
traditions enemies
to be attacked source groups
necessary non required individuals
target date identified slaughters
Athens Sparta Greek Roman Jew
Christian Muslim Crusade Jihad
Fascist Communist Capitalist....
Holy Wars?
Just War Is Justified?
By Religious Differences?
unprovoked aggressions?
condemned self defence is justified?
or turn your other cheek?
beat swords into ploughshares...
spears into pruning hooks:
nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more...
let us walk in the light of the LORD. Isaiah 2: 4-5
love your enemies...
turn the other cheek Luke 6: 27-36
blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the children of God Matthew 5: 9
love your enemies...
pray for those who persecute you Matthew 5: 44
poem by Terence George Craddock
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