MCB

I wrote very briefly the other day regarding the terms being used to frame the debate regarding the conflict in Iraq. Donald Sensing deals with the subject much more eloquently and in greater depth. Please read the entire thing.

United Methodist bishops resolve on Iraq
Not much depth evident

The United Methodist Council of Bishops passed a resolution (that speaks only for the council) which states in part that it deplores,

… the cycle of violence in which the United States is engaged has created a context for the denigration of human dignity …
News flash 1: all war denigrates human dignity. News flash 2: This is not a “cycle of violence.” It is warfare, which is quite another thing.

The implication seems to be that if only the United States would stop killing terrorists, they would stop killing us. This war, so the council implies, is really just a tit-for-tat exercise with no rationale. Peace will bloom automatically if we simply step outside the so-called “cycle of violence.”