[20418] in APO-L
Kosov and pledge for peace
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jmarmon@TEC1.APG.ARMY.MIL)
Tue Apr 6 07:09:53 1999
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 06:59:44 -0400
Reply-To: jmarmon@TEC1.APG.ARMY.MIL
From: jmarmon@TEC1.APG.ARMY.MIL
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Reading over what our founder set out to do when founding APO, it
seems to me the promotion of world peace was near top, if not top, of
his list. Granted I have not had the privilege of meeting the man or
was anywhere near being when APO was found, but I think that one of
APO's goals was and should still be the promotion of world peace. I
would love for our Purpose to be amended to reflect that and at the
National and International levels programs adopted to incorporate
that.
The fact that we are now at war with Yugoslavia should be a matter of
interest to brothers of APO an organization striving to promote global
peace.
I am not saying that as organization we should take sides, but rather
that it should be an issue. The mandate set down by our founder to
eliminate the need for war and develop leaders that can solve the
world's problems by peaceful means has not come about.
I would encourage all members of APO to think how they can promote
peace and build leaders that will promote peace and better yet how APO
National and International can achieve these grand objectives of our
founder.
Oscar
