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Mother you are telling me that the ‘enemy’ of
today
Is and will be
The partner, the colleague, the neighbor of
tomorrow
This will happen
This does happen
It has happened before
And will happen again
And yes we can get from being enemies to being
friends
Via war and murder and destruction and pain
Or we can get from conflict and misunderstanding
Via honest attempt at communication
Via mediation
Via mutual problem-solving
Via as you have said Mother
Implementing the concept of win-win
We can Mother, go from our current view point
And imagine, visualize our current ‘enemy’
As he will be
Our future partner, our future neighbor, yea our
future ally
And with this vision in mind
Work out how we get there from here
And no, we do not need to do it by killing him
By killing his women and children
By poisoning his land and his water
By destroying his buildings
Buildings that have stood for centuries
No, none of this is necessary
No, not even a little bit
For we do not destroy the enemy
We simply prolong the time it takes
For him to transform
Into our neighbor, our trading partner, our ally
And yes, even our friend
A friend we play with
A friend we play football and soccer with
A friend we enjoy inviting to our Olympic games
A friend we enjoy visiting
When the Olympics are held in his home
A friend we enjoy visiting to view different
sights
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