We may not agree about Iran, but I find it hard to understand the rationale behind waging war against its people. We may condemn the regime for many abuses, but does that make us any better if our response is violence against civilians? The facts that some people took to the streets against the regime and the deal was taking long, do not give anyone the right to drop bombs on almost 200 innocent little girls whose only crime is to have been born in Iran. We continue to kill Iranians while condemning Iran’s attacks elsewhere–assuming they must die without putting on a fight.
As a nation, we seem, tragically, to enjoy shedding blood as a way of demonstrating global power over others. War has become a badge of strength. Some even find it praiseworthy to speak of turning the Department of Defense into a Department of War. In this mindset, greatness is measured by the ability to violently destroy life rather than the ability to protect the vulnerable.
This concept is planted in a childish understanding of power—the idea that power means beating others down. Yet true power is something very different. Power is service. It is the ability to create space for others to grow and to reach their full potential.
Parents, for example, have power over their children. But that power is meant to nurture them, protect them, and help them develop into complete human beings. The same principle applies to public servants. Their authority exists to serve the public good. Sadly, that power is too often misused.
Today we see it being used to destroy life at home and abroad. What we are witnessing in Iran is similar to what we are witnessing on our own streets daily. The difference lie only in the scale and the tools being used. In both cases, there is a frightening disregard for human life. If we dislike someone, disagree with them, or if they look or speak differently from us, the label terrorist becomes enough to justify their death. Age and gender no longer matter. Everyone becomes a target of our weapons! All this in our name.
This is a betrayal of public trust. If you follow Congressional Hearings, it is clear that our leaders appear to believe they have the power to take lives at will without accountability. They behave as if they are gods and the rest of us are nothing. We exist at their mercy.
Such thinking produces exactly what we are witnessing today: a culture without accountability. Individuals assume they have the authority to kill whenever they choose, believing no one can stop them. They have full immunity–and they do.
But we must not give in to fear. We are not alone. God is always aware of our struggles. There is power in mourning those whose lives have been cut short by human arrogance. Their blood calls us to justice. It compels us to seek a better world. It gives us the strength to imagine and fight for a better tomorrow.
Their suffering becomes a witness to a truth that cannot be erased: power ultimately belongs to God—and, in a deeper sense, to the people and to history. Those who appear powerful today may be remembered tomorrow as villains whose legacy no one wishes to claim. And history has many of them.
Money cannot buy honor.
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From the E-Crier of March 5, 2026. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter.