I am humbled by your gesture, Iqbal! How small our arguments now seem, and how terrible our animosities when we see them writ large. I could never soil the sacrifice and unity we have seen with continued bitterness.
As my apology, I offer one of my favorite Scriptures (from I Corinthians 13):
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abides faith, hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love.
Mind you, I reserve the right to disagree... but gently. <g>
I have not read all the posts on the thread yet. Here is a link to a fine strategic analysis site:
stratfor.com
Some of the views are provocative, but the content is consistently excellent.
Many of us are familiar with the first verse of America, the Beautiful, but the you'd think the rest of the song (especially verses three and four) was written just last week:
ingeb.org
With respect,
P.
p.s. I.L.: just found your excellent article at theiranian.com. While it doesn't compare to your extensive treatment, this commentary piece is compelling:
startribune.com |
