“There is one winner, only one winner, in war. The winner is war itself. Not truth, not justice, not liberty, not morality. These are the vanquished.”--Thomas Merton

Aug 31, 2021 · 3:40 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
1000%.👍
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
My father, a Korean War nuclear veteran, sacrificed his life. I have come to accept his service in uniform helped save countless in our nuclear age. But war is indeed the winner as Merton penned, in its complexity of our journey, ever so real now in the sadness of Afghanistan.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
"Luv is the A.N.S.W.E.R." Dartagna
Replying to @Scaryb4coffee
Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton’s monastery
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg @PositiveTooning
With all that is going on in the world today, it is hard ... very hard. I believe the day will come when the savior (PBUH) will give prosperity to a world that is oppressed, like rain to a dead and dry plain.