There is No Substitute for Victory

Nixon’s visits to the Communist world have made many people feel a trend toward peace. People feel that a new world order is coming about. Recently the “Asian-Pacific Council” (CASPAC) met in Seoul, striving for Asian cooperation under the slogan of “peace and development.” Meanwhile, on the domestic scene an attempt to open the wall between North and South, isolated from each other for a quarter of a century, is being made through the Red Cross talks at Panmunjom. However, we feel great sorrow when we think that the misery created by the Korean War 22 years ago has still not passed away. During this month, the anniversary of the Korean War, our feeling for our homeland is deeply intensified.

Korea is bound to go through even more rapid changes. In this situation, what should we Unification Church members do in response? We must be more zealous and determined to fulfill our hope for the unification of our homeland. We regret very deeply that the Korean War, after 3 years of conflict, did not bring us the victory, but only an armistice treaty. There can be no armistice in the war between good and evil. We must be victorious in this war, which is the final conflict between good and evil. “In war, there is no substitute for victory!”