<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>A Plea for Peace</b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>Author unknown</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Can we begin to understand</div><div>The cry of the innocents in foreign lands</div><div>Or the anguish shared on our own soil</div><div>When death and destruction take its toll,</div><div>When peace interrupted is commonplace,</div><div>When retaliation occurs at a rapid pace?</div><div>"Vengeance is mine," saith the Lord,</div><div>But at the lamb the lion has roared,</div><div>Suicide missions perceived as valor,</div><div>Signs of compromise keep growing paler.</div><div>The guns, the bombs, the loss of lives--</div><div>Where is peace when no one survives?</div><div>Where is righteousness in each barren region?</div><div>Bands of rebels form separate legions.</div><div>Why can't leaders together agree?</div><div>Constant bloodshed does not make people free.</div><div>Why can't life be serene once more?</div><div>Case and desist the horrors of war!</div></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>