A military conflict between China and the USA would very likely result in global nuclear war, a major setback to human civilisation and possibly extinction for our species. Who could possibly want to risk that?
Fundamentalist Christians look forward eagerly to the End of Days when their great bearded sky daddy will take them all off to their fairy tale heaven, leaving the rest of us to burn in their equally fictional hell. They’re clearly not invested in a future for this world or our species, as this is just their deity’s waiting room.
It’s somewhat disturbing to think that people with those beliefs may well have their fingers on the button in the Pentagon, and that Scott Morrison, the valiant warmonger, is a member of the recently disgraced Hillsong cult and apparently shares those same beliefs.
Maybe it’s time to give peace a chance, we already know that economically it’s by far the smarter thing to do. Warmongering is only profitable for the few, at the expense of the rest of us.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
