Jun 07 2010
Irony
In his acceptance speech for the Lincoln Medal at Ford’s Theater on Sunday, honoree Desmond Tutu
“spoke of the global need for peace and respect and spoke of the current conflicts in the Middle East.
“Security is not something that comes from the barrel of a gun,” he told the crowd.
Ironic that Tutu would say something as patently wrong as that on the 66th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, when, by shear force of arms, the Allies wrested from the the Nazi’s the first toehold in Europe that would ultimately lead to the overthrow of Hitler and freedom and security for millions.
Further ironic that he would say such a thing in the place where Lincoln was assassinated, after the bloodiest war in American history that preserved the Union and finally ended slavery.