{"id":7366,"date":"2026-04-14T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:32:26","slug":"newsletter-145-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/newsletter-145-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 145 &#8211; April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"176\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address.jpeg\" alt=\"President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)\" class=\"wp-image-7370\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c05b1171331a36c0cd4f0e5ee7c6efdb\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PEACE LINES<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2f0d71b6b101f2c645f6615ba98c338\">MESSAGERIES DE LA PAIX<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7034a0e518a4073382fd872601d34908\">www.peacelines.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:peacelines@free.fr\">peacelines@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeaceLines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/PeaceLines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c5bf92e50f5a487c62e148417816c2c\">X account : @peacelines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/messageriesdelapaix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram.com\/messageriesdelapaix<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74f834aac56cd8683789614a9301d22a\"><strong>adresse postale <\/strong><strong>pour tout envoi&nbsp;:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d9b0d4f1507f894016efa317c9996fb\">Ligni\u00e8re, 51310, Joiselle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-vikidia-lencyclopedie-.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-vikidia-lencyclopedie-.jpeg\" alt=\"Donald Trump - Vikidia, l'encyclop\u00e9die ...\" class=\"wp-image-7371\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-a77a2bbe87d0c08cc8da582ce2808c26\"><strong>Newsletter 145<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-8ef91912ca8e792401f2c466bcdbe840\"><strong>April 2026<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2a81ab2f19427b41dceb8e3428acb33a\"><strong>My love of America \/ Easter 2026<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-50b5887f16b732c4c282df8cee0e8a2e\"><strong>The view from the pool<\/strong>\n  <br>\n  The place is a physiotherapy pool in a remote town, on a Saturday morning before Easter. Somewhere in the depth of France. The wounded, the overweight, the suffering go there&nbsp;; for relief and healing. The mood, generally, is silent and serene, restricted to small talk and descriptions of ailing. On this eve of Easter something is happening. A rare, rising sound of anger and disgust in the moist air. About \u00ab&nbsp;the Americans&nbsp;\u00bb.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d88fa2438f8bfe4a05cac29687e0bfc2\">\n  \u00ab&nbsp;They think they\u2019re the kings of the world, and they give hell to all&nbsp;!&nbsp;\u00bb cries one, whereas others concur. A bomber was shot down in Iran, with a missing pilot. Giving the protesters a feeling of retribution, instant satisfaction. These people are not political. They come from all walks of life. Their common focus is to be self-centered, busy with their own pain and probability of progress.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-007093b924eb7d63a7aac54ea7d5e216\">\n  The price of gasolene in service stations is on everybody\u2019s mind. Fifty liters will now cost you a hundred euros ($115) if your car runs on petrol. If it does on diesel, you will lose twenty more bucks. People feel strangled, choked. Both sides of the Atlantic. \u00ab&nbsp;Americans struggle as gas prices surge&nbsp;\u00bb &#8211; although gas is twice less expensive there, at over $4 for a gallon, they still struggle, most of them. \u00ab&nbsp;Trump struck Iran, now farmers are paying the price&nbsp;\u00bb (New York Times, April 3, 2026)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9b38e6fafed9ca27a0c78111fe0b35a7\">\n  This was when Artemis II was on its way to the other side of the moon, with three men aboard and a woman \u2013 three of them Americans. As of this writing, April 6, 9 pm Greenwich time, the astronauts have surpassed the record for the farthest distance traveled by human beings from Earth&nbsp;: 400,000 km, thus surpassing the previous record of Apollo 13 back in 1970.  Humankind is supposed to stand in awe&nbsp;: the-farthest human beings have gone into space&nbsp;!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cef1c0b55bafb51f161344cbbd57ecad\"><strong>The view from the moon<\/strong>\n  <br>\n  \u00ab&nbsp;Trust us, you look amazing, you look beautiful&nbsp;! and from up here you also look like one thing&nbsp;! We\u2019re all one people&nbsp;!&nbsp;\u00bb exclaimed the Artemis Orion pilot, Captain Glover.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victor-glover-fer-de-lance-dune-nouvelle-ere-de.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"465\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victor-glover-fer-de-lance-dune-nouvelle-ere-de.jpeg\" alt=\"Victor Glover, fer de lance d'une nouvelle \u00e8re de l'exploration spatiale | National Geographic | National Geographic\" class=\"wp-image-7372 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victor-glover-fer-de-lance-dune-nouvelle-ere-de.jpeg 314w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victor-glover-fer-de-lance-dune-nouvelle-ere-de-203x300.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-522fa980bc0bc167ca26725b8d22f51e\">His crew partner, astronaut Christina Koch, who holds the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, marveled&nbsp;about \u00ab&nbsp;the breathtaking aspect of seeing your home planet both lit up bright as day and also the moon glow on it at night&nbsp;\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-90089f48edb4ae086f734055d2ac5554\">Awesome, from 250,000 miles, isn\u2019t it. \u00ab&nbsp;Cut off from contact with the outer world, and with the past, the citizen of Oceania is like a man in interstellar space, who has no way of knowing which direction is up and which&nbsp; is down.&nbsp;\u00bb Orwell, <em>1984.<\/em> He has no access to internet, has he. The news from the \u00ab&nbsp;outer world&nbsp;\u00bb never get into his sanitized bubble beyond the moon, do they.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-55225ac0028b0bebff7472b11cfa2f87\"><strong>The view from the ground \u2013 and from underground<br><\/strong>\n  It\u2019s all there, with a click. From the Israeli media, Lebanese media, you find it with the BBC, the New York Times, Reuters, AFP\u2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/israel-blocks-palestinians-from-shelters-during-ir.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/israel-blocks-palestinians-from-shelters-during-ir.jpeg\" alt=\"Israel blocks Palestinians from shelters during Iran strikes\" class=\"wp-image-7373\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5000000467105803;width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/israel-blocks-palestinians-from-shelters-during-ir.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/israel-blocks-palestinians-from-shelters-during-ir-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-50f65e6d62c42395b90e5237edb14bdb\">On the eve of the Artemis launch\u00a0: \u2018<strong>When sirens sound it feels like a heart attack<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 <strong>anxiety cases surge amid war<\/strong>. March 31, 2026.<br>&#8211; Six-story building collapses in Tel Aviv. April 1. Launching day.<br>&#8211; At least 23 more people killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon over past twenty-four hours. April 3.<br>&#8211; Five wounded after Iran fires missiles at Tel Aviv area\u2026 hits near Kirya Defense Ministry HQ. April 4.<br>&#8211; <strong>\u2018We\u2019re sinking deeper\u2019<\/strong>, Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes. April 6<br>&#8211; Israel steps up attacks on Lebanon, killing dozens. April 6.<br>&#8211; <strong>2,5 million children stuck at home for five weeks since outbreak of the hostilities<\/strong>. April 6.<br>&#8211; <strong>Foreign airlines extend Israel flight cancellations<\/strong>. April 6.<br>You are welcome to check by yourselves, one way or the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-27105d0662eb91ad24ad200bd6572c26\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/media-april-2026\/\">https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/media-april-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2d10da9b4f5ccddcc35a5c990cb0c6d5\"><em>We look beautiful and amazing, like one thing<\/em>, rushed to underground shelters, or confined to the ruins and rubble of Gaza, oh Captain&nbsp;? When Israel, a tiny country of ten million, has become nothing less than a pariah state, more of a trap than a nation, where hundreds of thousands are rushed to shelters at all times of day and night any time the sirens shriek, where kids haven\u2019t gone to school since March 1, and flights to and fro have been suspended <em>sine die<\/em>\u2026 When one in six million people have been forcibly displaced in Lebanon, many of their homes destroyed or doomed\u2026 When tens of millions in Iran expect electricity and water to be cut off by tomorrow morning, April 8 at dawn&nbsp;?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-69a4e47eb5c90f7627198dc3a9b4cf22\"><strong>MAGA &#8211; Make America Great Again&nbsp;!<\/strong>\n  <br>\n  So, yes, we guess, whereas the Artemis Orion spaceship is cruising around the moon, and back \u2013 is there a pilot in command on spaceship Earth&nbsp;? From the standard Western point-of-view, it is supposed to be the POTUS (President of the United States), with his MAGA motto \u2013 or is it the Secretary General of the United Nations&nbsp;? Is there any global authority aboard this drifting human ship of billions&nbsp;? Do we have to fly up 250,000 miles to realize <em>we\u2019re all one<\/em>&nbsp;?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f705011c00c6a2267d24d5b3f581412c\"><strong>Up there \/ Down here<\/strong>. War after war after war. All the way from Cuba 1961 to Viet-Nam, and from Afghanistan to Iraq, from Syria to Gaza and Iran. Haven\u2019t we learnt <em>anything<\/em> from so many failures and orchestrated devastations&nbsp;? Take it back to Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom. October 2001. End result&nbsp;? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4ab7864cea35c85aa5ac497fbb6a6880\">\n  Remember this British prince flying an Apache helicopter over Afghanistan in 2012-2013, as a co-pilot and gunner, gunning down twenty-five men, by his own estimates, and frankly stating \u00ab&nbsp;The thumbstick I fired was remarkably similar to the thumbstick for the PlayStation game I\u2019d just been playing.&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;? The warnings he had received from various commanders, what was made of them&nbsp;?&nbsp;\u00ab&nbsp;At times we felt the commanders were right, we <em>were <\/em>creating more Taliban.&nbsp;[\u2026] Afghanistan was a war of mistakes, a war of enormous collateral damage \u2013 thousands of innocents killed and maimed\u2026&nbsp;\u00bb  <em>Spare<\/em>, Prince Harry.                               From one war of mistakes to the next&nbsp;? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4b9cc51030e0cdaeb912d5c67d296b24\">\n  This is not to dismiss Artemis II, or the MAGA pledge. If the POTUS felt the need to focus on making America great <em>again<\/em> in his 2024 election campaign, it is a stark reminder that America <em>was<\/em> great once, but <em>lost<\/em> it. How it lost it obviously goes back to the quagmire years of Viet-Nam, 1963-1975, the Gulf Wars and their lies, 1990-1991 \/ 2003-2011, and the even longer quagmire failure in Afghanistan, 2001-2021. Hence the presidential pledge, leading to the electoral victory in 2024&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;They said he will start a war, I\u2019m not going to start a war, <strong>I\u2019m going to stop wars<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00bb.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4d6867664855083749e32138ab4889c1\">\n  Remember the driving force behind this 2024 campaign&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;uniting citizens of all backgrounds around a common core of common sense&nbsp;\u00bb. Time to reminisce. Step back and reminisce. Remember <strong>Ike<\/strong>\u2019s stern warning about the Military-Industrial Complex, in his January 1961 State of the Union address, handling the baton to John F. Kennedy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Eisenhower Farewell Address - Military Industrial Complex\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cyZoUfNsUl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen-300x200.png\" alt=\"The first American in space - WiredPen\" class=\"wp-image-7375\" style=\"width:259px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-first-american-in-space-wiredpen.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/to-the-moon-and-back-or-news-or-derrynews-com.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/to-the-moon-and-back-or-news-or-derrynews-com-246x300.jpeg\" alt=\"To the moon and back | News | derrynews.com\" class=\"wp-image-7374\" style=\"width:186px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/to-the-moon-and-back-or-news-or-derrynews-com-246x300.jpeg 246w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/to-the-moon-and-back-or-news-or-derrynews-com.jpeg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-78f4ce522dffc97daa8696aee6702f80\">Take it back to <strong>1961<\/strong> then. Ike for Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f3fd2a2412a812b4cd0531debc9154af\">Ike also was a moniker (I Know Everything) for Alan Shepard, the first American ever to travel into space, in May 1961 \u2013 some three weeks after Yuri Gagarin had been the first human being in space,&nbsp; to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 1. Al Shepard, with the Mercury Seven \u2013 Scott Carpenter the scubadiver, Gordon Cooper the pianist, John Glenn \u00ab&nbsp;the last American hero&nbsp;\u00bb, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Don Slayton&nbsp;: how these seven inspired awe and heartfelt love in the&nbsp; Western part of the world&nbsp;! All the more as Alan Shepard returned into space in early 1971, and became the oldest man to walk on the moon, at the ripe age of 47 (Apollo 14).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"John Glenn: Astronaut's Importance to the U.S. Space Program\" class=\"wp-image-7376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/john-glenn-astronauts-importance-to-the-u-s-spa.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4946dd844b017ccfee6d5b02d5711e8f\">As for the first American to orbit the Earth, in February 1962, John Glenn, he also returned into space, with Discovery, in 1998, aged 77 \u2013 after being a senator, for a quarter of a century, from 1974 until 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4e1064cf3850eb0e7f82c182f529a471\">So, yes, take it back to Eisenhower,&nbsp; who somehow kick-started the space programme, and the pioneers Glenn, Shepard, Cooper, Carpenter. From the days when America stood its ground, from Freedom 7 to Friendship 7 (Shepard\u2019s and Glenn\u2019s vessels).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-315063d0073e846482486e39e30ddb70\">\n  And, if we do care to make America great again, and inspiring, lovable, remember the awful fate of simple people in Beirut, in South Lebanon, in Tel Aviv, in Dimona, in Gaza, in Haifa, in Tehran\u2026 Remember the wounded\u2019s anger in that pool, in the middle of Nowhere, at what America may drift into.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2b3434bb6ce045443cb50eafe8af7acf\">\n  Remember John Glenn\u2019s address to the Congress, after his return on Earth, at the end of February 1962&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;<strong>As our knowledge of the universe in which we live increases, may God grant us the wisdom and guidance to use it wisely<\/strong>.&nbsp;\u00bb\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-736f7cda9b210b60e369205358f5c5de\">\n  And those of you who harbour doubts as to what God may grant or not grant, heed Ike\u2019s advice, for what it is worth&nbsp;\u2013 <em>We should take nothing for granted<\/em>&nbsp;\u2026 <strong><em>Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry<\/em><\/strong>\u2026:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-509f1ad020845758bcf4a27ced40d1d1\">\n  \u00ab&nbsp;<em>In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3bf96461a72e8ab9cb68d2c97396ef9d\"><em>[\u2026] We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-92b00311881b6317286793f58f936774\">\n  So that our love of America may rise again, eventually.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-267e3edab7c7c49d66888c550fd026f4\">********************************************************* <br><em>It has been a full year since our last Newsletter in English (eight posted otherwise). Then, the war and devastation in Gaza was still ongoing. Until the ceasefire of October 2025. Since, what has changed for people there\u00a0? Over two million of them survive in rubble in half the space they used to enjoy prior to October 2023. Who cares about the people there, the schooling of children in ruins\u00a0?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5689d7d4acc57a4669343ab9dba1ba70\"><em>Is rushing from one war to the next helping anyone, apart from the arms manufacturers&nbsp;?<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-93b1f20754ccfb4bd79c31aa04704a61\">\u2018When sirens sound, it feels like a heart attack\u2019 Anxiety cases surge amid war. <em>Ynet News<\/em>, March 31 <br> Six-story building collapses in Tel Aviv. <em>Ynet News<\/em>, April 1 <br> At least 23 more people killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon over past 24 hours<em>. L\u2019Orient Today<\/em>, Apr.3 <br> Five wounded after Iran fires missiles at Tel Aviv area, hits near Defense Min. HQ. <em>Haaretz<\/em>, Apr. 4 <br> \u2018We\u2019re sinking deeper\u2019 Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes. <em>BBC<\/em>, April 6 <br> Israel steps up attacks on Lebanon killing dozens. <em>The New York Times<\/em>, April 6 <br> 2,5 million children stuck at home for 5 weeks since outbreak of hostilities, <em>The Times of Israel<\/em>, Apr 6 <br> Foreign airlines extend Israel flight cancellations, <em>Ynet News<\/em>, April 6 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-728660d7e0a0ee2dad0dd80ad96c4a85\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEACE LINES MESSAGERIES DE LA PAIX www.peacelines.org peacelines@gmail.com www.facebook.com\/PeaceLines X account : @peacelines instagram.com\/messageriesdelapaix adresse postale pour tout envoi&nbsp;: Ligni\u00e8re, 51310, Joiselle Newsletter 145 April 2026 My love of America \/ Easter 2026 The view from the pool The place is a physiotherapy pool in a remote town, on a Saturday morning before Easter. 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