A declaration of peace

05/01/2012 18:49 By ELWOOD MCQUAID

Secular analysis of the war on terror fails in its dismissal of religion as a central factor.

Photo by: Stephane Mahe/ Reuters

History has a nasty way of repeating itself. And it’s happened again. Those of us who remember 1938 recall Britain’s then-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain triumphantly waving a paper while disembarking from his flight home after meeting with Adolf Hitler. His declaration turned out to be a colossal show of naiveté.

“Peace in our time” were his words. He had made a deal with Hitler, trusting the Nazi fuhrer was a man who would keep his word to the Free World. The very next day, Germany took the Sudetenland; and history shredded Chamberlain’s paper, along with the delusion that wishes come true if one wishes hard enough.

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A declaration of peace

Secular analysis of the war on terror fails in its dismissal of religion as a central factor.

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