ObamaChavez.jpg“love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven”? “And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others?”

I don’t know the ins and outs of political protocol, but I wonder if a handshake and a smile might lead to more opportunities for peace. An olive branch beats a sword.

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