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    unanswered letters (#3)

    Note: I've written a number of letters/emails over the years many of which have gone unanswered leaving me to wonder whether or not the intended recipients ever received them and, if so, what their responses were. To be honest, the vast majority of those are best forgotten, but a few are ones I sincerely hoped would succeed in being actual communications — the beginnings of conversations. The following is one of those.



    President Bush announcing the beginning of the Iraq War. March 20, 2003.


    March 24, 2003

    Mr. President,

    I would like to suggest that there is much to be gained at this time by avoiding "God on our side" forms of rhetoric, whether intended or not. If you are going to ask for God's blessing, don't merely ask that God bless America but that God bless all people who value freedom, including the citizens of Iraq. If you are going to ask that people pray for the families and loved ones of those who have suffered because of this war, then ask that they pray for all such people including the families and loved ones of Iraqi citizens who have suffered.

    Please consider the significance of paying tribute to a God who is limited by the political boundaries of men. Please consider that your God may indeed be powerful enough to bless, comfort and guide all men, regardless of whose side they are on.

    Sincerely,
    Paul Pomeroy


    Imagine, if you can, how different his address to the nation would have been perceived on the world stage if he had asked his country to pray for everyone. Then again, had he been capable of conceiving such a thing it's highly unlikely there would have been a war to announce in the first place ...

    • 14 March 2010
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    Oh a sleeping drunkard up in Central Park / Or the lion hunter In the jungle dark

    Or the Chinese dentist or the British Queen / They all fit together In the same machine

    Nice, nice, very nice
    Nice, nice, very nice
    So many people in the same device

    Oh a whirling dervish and a dancing bear / Or a Ginger Rogers and a Fred Astaire

    Or a teenage rocker or the girls in France / Yes, we all are partners in this cosmic dance

    Nice, nice, very nice
    Nice, nice, very nice
    So many people in the same device
    _________________
    From "Cat's Cradle" (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)

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