"Do War's Really Defend America's Freedom?"
(Homage Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
Dwight Eisenhower: War Is Brutal, Futile And Stupid
Pope Francis is more insinuating with his critique of the U.S. 'threats to peace.'
“Why do so many powerful people not want peace? Because they live off war, the arms industry is a serious matter! The powerful earn a living by producing and selling arms to countries: it is the industry of death, they make money from it." - Pope Francis, May 11, 2015President Carter holds nothing back:
"... unfortunately, my wife and I have been to more than 130 countries and now we travel around doing work for The Carter Center, and it's generally accepted that the most intense warmonger for the last 35 or 40 years has been the United States of America. We're the country that's in the forefront of almost every war that's started. And when you go into Brazil, when you go into China, into Egypt and so forth, you find countries that haven't been to war in the last 30 years or more… We have grandchildren who have never lived in a country that was not at war.""…Our country is in the forefront of those nations that are eager to go to war to resolve differences. We've proven that, as you know, in a number of cases for a long time. When we went into Korea, when we went into Vietnam, when we went into Iraq both times. I think all those wars were unnecessary." -Former President Jimmy Carter, May 2012
John Horgan elaborates on the story giving more quotes. It's a good short read, and you can find the full story and more of his work in The Scientific American. Horgan authored, 'The End of Science,' and has had his work published in the National Geographic, Scientific American, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, IEEE Spectrum and has received multiple awards for his work in science and journalism.
President Carter had also been quoted in saying,
'We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and leading supplier of weapons of war."
Aside from war and peace, President Carter and Pope Francis have a good many things in common and yet some very distinct differences. For instance, President Carter believes women should share equal roles in church leadership. As for Pope Francis, the issue of female priests is closed. President Carter states that in his opinion, he believes Jesus would be okay with gay/equal marriage. Pope Francis - not so much, well, actually not at all, though the Pope has embraced the LGBT community, and openly welcomed them into the church prompting other religions to do the same. President Carter was a teenager when the Pope was born - perhaps the Pope will eventually catch up to Carter's views with time, age, and experience.
Regardless, of similarities and differences, millions believe President Carter and Pope Francis are changing the world - and the world is a little bit better by them being here.
Americans can pay tribute to President Carter via the new Facebook Page: Honoring Jimmy Carter.
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