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You Say Peace Through Strength, I Say Peace Through Courage

oscar
3 min readDec 8, 2024

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Assad has fallen. Syria is filled with joy.
The Islamist movement that toppled the dictator finally defeated the oppressor.
Welcome freedom!
Now the task ahead is to keep the promises the victors have made. Respecting minorities, other religions and what voices of dissent will emerge.
Will they do it?
We will soon know.
The opportunity to topple Assad was made possible by the courage of Ukrainians and the decisiveness of Israel’s fight against Iran’s proxies.
Knowing that Russia’s and Iran’s support for Assad had weakened, the victorious movement, HTS or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, struck boldly.
Now there is a chance for lasting peace, peace found through courage.
Mr Trump, summon the same courage you showed when you survived the assassination attempt and you raised your clenched fist in valiant defiance. It’s in you. Wield it daily, not just on special occasions.
For you to carry on about your desire to go after your political opponents, is not a sign of courage.
In victory, magnanimity. In victory, humanity.
You know very well how flawed you are as a person. The American voters who chose you did so despite it.
Work with yourself, man. Just like you intend to forgive those who threatened our democracy on January 6th 2021, forgive your rivals. All of them, without exception.
Move on, Trump. You have bigger issues ahead. Think big, not small.
You’re getting a chance to…

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