"Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition." ---Dr. Martin Luther King
Today we call the opposition, "The Insurgency." When WE were doing this back in the 1700's, we called ourselves Patriots. Go FIGURE! I still think one of the best teaching tools on the planet is TO TRADE PLACES with whoever or whatever we think of as "other/enemy/those people." The question of the hour is, do we even CARE to understand our fellow inhabitants on this mudball called Earth?
To understand more about the 'Vietnam War's' of history, Dr. King's speech is a good place to start.
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