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By Tom Clifford, published 27/6/2007Vietnam was the 'Bright, Shining Lie'; Iraq is the 'Dark, Sordid Truth'. The war is lost and the signposts to retreat are clearly visible.
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With all such going on, we could wonder where the real honesty and decency lies. Not among the evil Islamics, surely as Georgie Dubya might say. And yet the real example of truth and kindness in the whole long years of the Crusades turned out to be Saladin, who not only did not have the streets of Jerusalem after capture, running in enemy blood as did our Crusaders, but also in other forays always gave protection to women and children. Indeed, Saladin was also regarded as Saintly later by many Western thinkers, different to the Knight Templars, who after mixing with the Islamics over many years, returned to France telling of many instances of kindness and decency among the so-called enemies. As a result the leader of the Templars was burnt to death in a slow oven by order of the French king of the time.
It is so interesting that today's Freemasons are said to have grown from the same Knight Templars. If they have, maybe it would be better for the Craft today to again look for the wisdom and understanding that those who tried to find peace with the Islamics during the Crusades does symbolise for today's Middle East?
So never we know, Michael, what prying people like you and I might achieve, and yet also might even die in a slow hot oven? But what the hell? Cheers, mate.
George C - Mandurah - WA