On the news the other night I saw a group of Pakistanis protesting the killing of 24 Pakistanis soldiers by the USA and Afghan military. One of the signs, in English, started with a statement like: “We are human beings too America, stop killing us.” By bombs, drones, CIA attacks the USA has killed many Pakistanis, who are considered our allies against Taliban of Afghanistan. We need Pakistan but killing them is not making many friends. A disaster and another war is brewing in Pakistan.

Disasters in nature repeat themselves over and over again with storms, floods and hurricanes. However, animals and humans learn from nature and adapt.

Disasters of war repeat in history over and over again. However, humans do not seem to learn from them. Over and over again we make the mistake of believing that violence will bring peace. History tells us that violence and war breeds only more violence and war. So we continue killing Pakistanis and call them our friends and allies.

The great figures of history of nonviolent change, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela had come to learn that the way to peace is peace and violence and war only brings more war and violence. They also realize that all men and woman are brothers and sisters and need to be treated as such. Would we kill our brothers and sisters in Pakistan? All human beings are brothers and sisters. When will we ever learn?

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