Ted and I have been seething with rage ever since we listened
to John McCain and his hawkish rants. I have not been
overjoyed with President Obama because he has not been as
strong a president as I think he should have been. However, he has
ended two trumped up and stupid wars that have cost an
excessive amount of money and more importantly, the blood of
American soldiers.

I am proud of our President for using diplomatic means of
solving conflict. Drawing a line in the sand and then plunging into war is the stuff of little boy's playtimes.
It is a childish solution and full of harmful consequences,
not the least of which is collateral damage. The slaughter
of innocents is not something we, as enlightened human beings
want to endorse.

I am not a religious person but the idea of a peaceable kingdom where the lion lies down with the lamb is appealing.