A Prayer for a Friend of Peace and Justice

If anyone ever writes a book with the title, "People Who Took Risks for Peace", unexpectedly (given his earlier history), Ariel Sharon must be one of the prominent chapters - one of the great stories of the struggles of the Middle East in the post-WWII era. Somehow, that part of the world seems to just suck down such lives like an alcoholic quaffing his first few beers, hardly even savoring the nuances of the courage and committment of this old fighter who stood up to the intransigent in the movement he'd helped start, in an effort to bring to a successful conclusion a just war to which he'd devoted his life. I pray that we have not seen the last of him.