The Wrongologist visited the Mark Twain House in West Hartford
CT this week with grand kids. Few people who have read “Tom Sawyer” or “Huckleberry
Finn” realize that he was an abolitionist. He also took a dim view of
warfare. He wrote a book (really a pamphlet) called “The War Prayer” that was rejected for publication during his
lifetime. He also wrote “To the Heathen
Sitting Alone in Darkness”, a direct attack on US entry into the Spanish
American War and ultimately the Filipino “Insurrection.” That book was
published. It contains the quote on the Church Sign below, which was quite
popular during the Vietnam War. Think about Syria, and America’s other follies
in the Middle East, and create your homily for today:
Not everyone has the same Dream:
More wisdom from MLK:
Johnny Volcano offers advice to Uncle Sam:
But Barack, what’s the mission?
Obama’s Syrian formula is a combustible mix:
People who live in Muslim countries
know that they have rarely been at peace for long periods of time. In addition
to fighting amongst themselves, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the
Persians, the Ottomans, the British and the French have all had their turns
trying to rule, without conspicuous success.
America must evolve from our need to
intervene.
