Tony Kroll, Sauk Rapids
I hope everyone reads your opinion in the June 12 edition. You called it “Candidates amp up war-hawk talk.” You are against the mistakes we made in the past. Good idea.
All the candidates for political office will glorify war and promote the elimination of the bad guys. That will get them lots of votes in our militaristic culture.
It seems like Muslims want to eliminate Christians, and the Christians want to eliminate Muslims. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, until we are all blind – and no one gets anywhere.
The good thing is our candidates will believe in change. Let’s call this change “reform.” We all believe in reform. Every human being and every human institution needs reform. Our country has been going through reform every since we started. And we still need more reform. Our churches believe in reform and have been reforming. We believe in freedom to think and say what we think. We do not believe in forcing people to think our way.
The Muslims have some reformers, not enough, and they need our help. Their reformers do not believe in violence nor in forcing beliefs on others. I suggest we help them in whatever way would be culturally appropriate.