Which is also why, I thought, that instead of Annapolis, the peace conference should have been held, symbolically, at Appomattox Court House, Va., where on Palm Sunday, 1865, Gen. R. E. Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. U. S. Grant, ending the American Civil War and reunifying our country.
A speech had been written by State Department Middle East experts, but at the last minute the White House inserted its "democracy first," demand which instead of restarting the peace process proved to be the "nail in its coffin".
Instead of bringing peace, the sermon fanned the flames of controversy, and in Winthrop's words, Wheelwright "inveighed against all that walked in a covenant of works,... and called them antichrists, and stirred up the people against them with much bitterness and vehemency".
Perhaps the successive narrators are lured into unburdening themselves of their lives by the promise of that worldless emptiness that Murphy sought to enjoy, only to discover that this is like entering a sensory-deprivation tank: instead of peace, the subject experiences wild terrors.
But instead of bringing peace to the city, the retreat of the Shabab has led to a scramble for power among various clans, with warlords rushing in to fill the vacuum left behind by the militant group.
Instead of bringing peace, the newfound mineral wealth could lead the Taliban to battle even more fiercely to regain control of the country.
They're off for the planet Romulus, where, instead of a peace conference with the traditionally hostile Romulans, they find a new threat to Earth's survival.
But instead of bringing peace to the community, this creates a power vacuum.
"Making better public diplomacy won't work if Israel keeps building settlements and deepening the occupation instead of seeking peace and a two state solution".
Besides, large variety of vendors and standards brings more confusion instead of peace to the elderly.
