Editorial: Rev. King on ending war (Cap Times. Madison, WI)

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Editorial: Rev. King on ending war
An editorial
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old when he was assassinated. The assassination took place 39 years ago.


It is daunting to imagine what King might have accomplished had he lived another lifetime. But it is not difficult to imagine what issues King would have been working on.

He would, of course, be focused on the economic issues that were central to the work of his final days - organizing poor people to march on Washington, rallying with striking garbage workers in Memphis.

But there can be little question that he would, as well, be pouring his energy into ending the U.S. occupation of Iraq.


Speaking at the height of the Vietnam War, King said, "I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the social problems facing mankind is sleeping through a great revolution. President Kennedy said on one occasion, 'Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.' The world must hear this. I pray to God that America will hear this before it is too late, because today we're fighting a war."......