This generosity is singular in history and is an expression of the people of the south that they dearly want peace in the north and want to play a role in making that happen. Prime Ministers Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair have taken political risks to achieve this agreement and have been generous with their time and persons to make it happen. The devotion of these two heads of state continues after the fact of the Good Friday Agreement and will bring added grants, finances and new businesses. A new day is near for all in the North of Ireland if the Unionists vote to support David Trimble's leadership. A vote against Trimble would be a slap to the leaders of Ireland, United Kingdom and United States as well to the substantial number of voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Personal views are important but voting is sacred and the vote is in and it was positive.
Both communities would do well to get copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to order to reset their local and worldview. This document sets forth standards by which both sides could advance into this century and be a model for the world, which is still unsettled in many countries by similar civic problems. All of Ireland would become a haven for new business, tourism and a land of beautiful languages where culture is sacred but not bloody. The world would welcome Ireland and Northern Ireland as models of peace and prosperity where lessons of history can be learned and seen and studied. Its children, then, can honor the heroes of peace as well as the heroes of war.