Give peace a chance!? If only it were that easy! Like a puppy rolling over and begging for a tummy rub!? See look we don't threaten anyone!

But that's for dream castles in the, hope springs eternal, clouds and their permanent residents.

We all know what happens when a madman with a completely overwhelming desire for world domination and has the military capacity to make that happen? He starts taking bites that effectively improve that capacity! Capice?

Give peace a chance, may no longer exist as our choice? That being so, we need to remove the very threats to peace to actually give peace a chance! Given there is no other realistic option!?

And one less power hungry diabolical dastardly dictator quite massively improves that chance, however unpalatable the means needing to be employed for that purpose!

It's like excising a malignant cancer! The sooner done and completely, the better the chance of a complete recovery!

Delays only compound the growing difficulties! Too much vacillation may result in the termination of the patient! Time wasted is time lost, when dealing with a resolute, determined, recalcitrant, incorrigible, intransigent, Sabre rattling, power mad malignant dictator?

Would that were not so!
Alan B.

For gods sake Stuart, justice would require people like you to get off their broadening back sides & do something useful & productive.

So buddy, get out & do something to actually support yourself, before asking those already burdened with your existence to carry some other burden chosen by someone so useless as yourself.

Ever thought of taking up market gardening Stuart? You could not only actually produce your own food, but some for others.

Hell you could even send any profits, & your excess production off to support those you currently want us to support, but only after we have adequately supported you & yours.

Ever thought of actually getting a life?

Regrettably there is little money in peace.
The consumer society sees to that.
Every bomb and shell that explodes requires replacing at someone`s profit.
Besides war tends, albeit in small quantities, to maintain a minor population reduction which in itself will bring us closer to peace.

Three related references on the necessity of global peace.
http://www.beezone.com/da_publications/openlett.html
http://www.dabase.org/12laws.htm
http://www.priorunity.org/excerpt-no-enemies

It would be rather nice if some of these academics for a change, instead of immersing themselves in a world of theory and conjecture, embraced a decent slice of realism,legitimacy and validity, just for a change. Rather than pouring out all this spurious nonsense about a world full of, gaiety 'n joy accompanied with a tranquil calm of wistful peace, with little butterflies fluttering here and yon, and masses of small bluebirds all tweeting together in complete harmony. And perhaps for a little while, we can all put away our AK47's for a bit longer.

Don't tell us. Tell ISIS, Nth. Korea and those not wanting peace. We are not the problem.