> Subject: 1606 years ago today (in Milan)
>
> The following excerpt is from F. Homes Dudden, _The Life and Times of St.
> Ambrose_ (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935), pp. 438-9.
>............
> For his sons he
> dictated an instruction, in which he earnestly admonished them to be zealous
> for religion; ?for it is by this?, he said, ?that wars are ended, victories
> are obtained, and peace is secured?.
interesting.
He forgot to tell them that in his time wars were and still are very
frequently now initiated for religious motives.Even if those were relying
also , as certainly now in Afghanistan, on strong economic interests.
> He gave directions for the proclamation
> of an amnesty to those who had taken arms against him in the recent war.
so let's wait Dubya gave same direction for Walker's amnesty: great leaders
must show forgivness. Such would be also a proof of interest from the US
leadership in the muslim's growing importance in many other places of this
world. Even in the re-minded spirit of some ex-capitalist westerners . Cat
Stevens or Cassius Clay were precursors. 40 years ago.
Any god's blessings shoudn't be always invocated by and reserved for
winners.
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