One year ago this day, we lost a remarkable journalist. Peter Jennings was a kind hearted, ethical, hard working and much beloved television journalist. He was a victim of lung cancer and it saddens me to see great people felled by this terrible disease. It claimed Walt Disney and the one and only John Wayne to name but two. He strove for fairness and objectivity in television news making for over three decades. You could count on Peter Jennings. He told you the truth! And, most importantly, it reported all the news with a strict professionally objectivity. There was no prejudice or rush to judgment with this remarkable man! But I think that even Peter would be amazed at this war between Israel and Lebanon. Now I will once again maintain a nation's right to defend herself, but for goodness sake, can we not to go to war before we try to negotiate? The kidnapping of two Israelli soldiers in my humble opinion is NOT a reason to go to war where thousands of people including young children are the victims. Israel is indeed surrounded by enemies-- so is the United States. September 11th 2001 proved that one! Israel represents God's chosen people and with that distinction and honor comes responsibility. Impatience, dear Israel is not ever good for you! You learned this in the the thirty days that Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments from God. You learned this from father Abraham --whose siring a child with his maid servant instead of waiting for God's blessings of a child with your natural wife is what brought your enemies into being in the first place! The descendents of this woman made what is the Muslims and the other enemies of your great nation. Patience is a virtue. Going to war at the drop of a hat will win you nothing! A world war was started by the assassination of two world leaders. Another war was started by the issue of Helen of Troy. Can you imagine if the United States had decided to go to war with North Korea over the seizure of the USS Pueblo back in 1968? None of us would be here today. North Korea had a nuclear weapon even back then. And even if it hadn't, don't you suppose that the then very threatening Soviet Union would have retaliated against the United States if we had attacked or rallied against North Korea for seizing that ship? They most certainly would have done so! In 1968-- Russia still wanted to conquer the World. The October missile Crisis was only six years before that-- and we all know how close we came to nuclear war over that. Peter Jennings would have agreed. Revenge doesn't work. It never will!