"The Truce of God"

I propose a new “Truce of God.” 

        Iran must unilaterally stop enriching uranium to the higher levels that approach weapons grade and submit to unfettered inspection and 24 hour surveillance of all its nuclear facilities.  Upon submission, energy sanctions will be ended, and assistance with peaceful nuclear energy will be provided.  A non-proliferation treaty must be signed between Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia with Israel and Western powers recognizing all three of these nations right to peaceful nuclear energy on the condition they come in full compliance with AEAA and all other non-proliferation treaties, submitting to continued camera surveillance of all nuclear facilities by the Security Council member nations.  I would suggest Israel agree to a ten percent reduction in their nuclear arsenal and both America and Russia reaffirm their commitments to the previously signed New Start Treaty.   With America continuing its creation of a defensive shield around Europe in response to Iran’s increasing long-range ballistic missile capabilities, America should fulfill Putin’s request for a legally binding non-aggression pact in exchange for their immediate withdrawal of all military personnel and support for Assad’s regime in Syria.  Assad must observe the terms of his recent cease-fire with the rebels of Homs or else accept exile in Russia and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must peacefully transfer power at the end of his final term, on August 3^rd, 2013.   As Iran makes progress towards fulfilling these terms sanctions will be further eased and with the acceptance of UN election monitors and a peaceful transition of power, sanctions will be removed completely.

          Israel should accept the proposals of the Obama administration on an Israeli/Palestinain peace agreement starting with a halt to continued building projects in the occupied territories, with an obvious understanding that the Golan Heights and other areas geographically vital to the defense of Israel will not be negotiated and if necessary, unilaterally swapped for.  America should make known its defeat of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and attempt to find peace with the Taliban.  To do so, it must aggressively defeat the Taliban fighters, requiring oaths of loyalty to the Afghanistan Government and Constitution at penalty of treason, with offers of jobs and participation in municipal level democracy for compliance.  America must repair relationships with Pakistan, offering a halt to signature drone strikes and financial aid for renewed efforts to subdue Taliban regiments in the North West portion of Pakistan where crossing into Afghanistan to cause trouble is common. 

           With these accomplished, true peace between Islam and the West can be achieved with further economic and political integration benefitting the people of all nations, races and creeds.   

             Imagine a world of sovereign democracies with open economic systems based on free market principals, where the interests of citizens are the focus and both liberal individual and human rights are upheld in a backdrop of international collaboration and religious freedom.  The wars my ancestors fought in were won less by the superiority of their fighting and more by the superiority of their causes.   They conquered ground and territory, but they also pushed the world along the road of progress.  My generation will not surrender an inch of this territory and the rights of citizens both domestically and abroad should be expected to expand, not retract.  America’s government is great, because its government is the people, and despite all the efforts of the corporate media to divide us and delude us with beliefs that corporate policies should trump the law and that we should accept the role of docile sheep, in the privacy of our rooms, away from our titles and position we all stand together.  This is not about being a Democrat or Republican, Communist or Capitalist, Occupy Wall Street protestor or Tea Party member, Border Patrol or US Navy Seal, Salesman or Professor, its about what America has always been, and always will be; an attainable ideal of freedom, liberty, justice and prosperity for people of all races, creeds and national origins.